>>>I mean, c'mon Mike, this is all total BS. Voters should have to prove who they are, right? How else do you get rid of voter fraud? Proof of ID should be a responsibility of a voter for God's sake. Personally, I summarily reject any arguments against proof of ID because AFAIAC they are all very suspicious rationales.
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>>Didn't we have this conversation before? Bottom line for me is that unless ID is available for free and without undue hardship (like missing work), it's a poll tax. Make ID available for free in every public library and local district court (justice of the peace) and have the ID stations open days, nights and weekends, and I'm okay with it. But if someone has to pay for it, or take off work to get it, or needs a car or complicated public transit trip to get it, it's unreasonable.
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>>Every adult citizen, from the richest to the poorest, should be able to vote, and any requirement that makes it harder for poor people to vote is wrong.
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>I'd like to know why I have to show not only a photo id, but proof of citizenship and residency in the district where I register my daughter for school. I have to provide a statement from the power company, the cable company, a lease, or something to prove not only who I am but that I live where I say I do. She cannot attend otherwise and that is a public school. Why should voting be any different? Public school is supposed to be for all as well.

I suspect that legally, they can't actually require you to show a photo id. Proof of residence can be, as you say, a power bill or a lease. That seem reasonable to me, and similar proof for voting would be acceptable to me.

What I object to is requiring any kind of id for which you have to pay, and which you can't get conveniently (meaning no matter what hours you work and whether or not you have a car).

Tamar