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Old 07-22-2012, 02:16 PM
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Yea. I don't get it. Why the controversy?
Because it's not easy for many people - a very significant number - to have access to obtaining an ID, both financially and geographically. You can't put a poll tax on voters. You can't put excess requirements on certain parts of the population (see chart) And so far the courts are agreeing completely.

Banking, driving, cashing checks is a privilege. Voting is a right. You don't have to be a "normal citizen participating in society on a daily basis (working, driving, banking)" to have exactly the same, inviolate right to vote as every single other American citizen. And it has been repeatedly documented that there is little to no voter fraud, virtually non-existent, and what exists is rarely preventable by any photo ID.
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