>>>Why is this bad? Aren't ID's cheaply had and necessary to cash checks or buy beer?
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>>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24356530/
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>>I can't imagine a really good argument against this. I read the article and saw the part about the democrats feeling it might cause them to get less votes, but I missed seeing any good logic about why that should be the case.
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>>As we all know, I'm a dyed in the wool pinko lefty liberal, but jeez people. What's wrong with proving who you are when you vote? Unless of course, the photos are like driver's license photos which normally don't bear any resemblance to your actual, real life, face.
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>I think it is a real problem - there are millions of people who don't drive or can use other things that require photo ID.
Most states have an ID card that can be used as a form of identification for those without a drivers liscense.


>How are housebound people to get an ID?
How are they going to get to the polling place? That sounds like an unfeeling comment but I think it's legitimate. If they can arrange to get to a polling place they can arrange to get some valid identification. If they are truly housebound they can still vote by absentee ballot.


>How are those who don't drive (or drive anymore) to get in ID?
Most states have an ID card that can be used as a form of identification for those without a drivers liscense.

>What are the very poor to do?
I'm not sure that this is particularly relevant. I would expect most have some sort of valid ID so that they can qualify for whatever aid programs they participate in. I would not be surprised to find "action groups" organizing to fund the cost for those who can't afford to get the ID card.
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>All this requirement can do is to reduce the numbers who vote - which will be used as 'proof' that there must have been voter fraud going on befor.
I'm appalled that I can walk into a polling place, sign the register, and get a ballot without having to prove that I am who I say I am. I've asked poll workers how they protect against voter fraud and the answer is basicly a shoulder shrug