>>>I had to get a second ID a few months ago: It cost $8 and took me all of 10 minutes. To me, there's a fundamental flaw in the system if the ID bar is higher for buying beer than it is for voting.
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>>First, if it's required for voting, it should not cost anything. Otherwise, it's a poll tax.
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>EXCELLENT point. Your "poll tax" point has won me over.

Yes, it is, but let's not lose sight of the original point. Even though it's an idea that makes sense in theory -- why SHOULDN'T we want to verify that voters are legitimate? -- in practice it has been a tactic targeting demographics who tend to vote for the opposition. The Republicans have used this tactic extensively in the past two presidential elections and by all reports are gearing up to do the same this year. What they are doing isn't exactly illegal, it's just a slimy way of trying to skew the vote in their favor. If they really cared so much about the voting rights they like to trumpet they wouldn't work so hard to suppress votes. The key point is they are targeting specific groups of voters.