>>>>>That all makes sense on a logical level. It's also clear that voter ID is aimed at people who are likely to vote for Democrats.
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>>>>I can't think of a single reason why every voter shouldn't be required to present a photo ID when voting. It's important to disregard what group this might affect and evaluate the rule on it's own; it's a pretty damn low bar.
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>>>Because many of them don't have such an ID (turns out about 10% of PA voters have neither a drivers license nor the state-provided non-drivers photo ID). Getting such an ID can be expensive (both in actual costs and in work hours lost), difficult and time-consuming.
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>>>And why should a person who has voted at the same polling place for decades, and is known to the poll workers (who are, of course, her neighbors), now need a photo ID?
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>>>Tamar
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>>Ah - I forgot that you live in utopia where everyone knows everyone else (and they share everything and have no crime and sing liberal songs together). It that the way it is everywhere?
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>You missed the point, that many of those affected by the new requirements aren't strangers. And, of course, the folks who work at the polls are, generally, members of the same community.
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>FWIW, here in PA, prior to this law, the rule was that the first time you voted in a new (to you) district, you had to produce ID, but it didn't require photo ID. You could use something like a utility bill. (I don't remember the exact details, and with the new law, it's hard to track the old one down with a search.)
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>Tamar

I know precedent has been set by allowing someone to run for President who did not produce ID enough to get a drivers licence, and since then he has been allowed unfettered access to Top Secret information. Yes, after a couple of years they managed to produce something (with the resources he has at hand, he could have been a poodle and produced a human birth certificate).

So, we'll just let whomever vote for whatever. Perhaps we should put polls in the streets of Iran or North Korea and assume whomever votes is OK. That'll work.