jackalope
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The "too poor" or "can't afford public transportation" schtick is really, really lame. I think you mean "too lazy" don't you? I mean, if they can make it out to vote on election day, can't they make it out one other day of the freaking year to get an ID? Maybe instead of funding groups like ACORN (who is the main culprit behind voter registration and voter fraud in the first place), we subsidize the poor and pay for their ID card with our taxpayer money? Nah, that would be too simple and pretty much close the door on voter fraud. :roll:
It's not lame; it's real. Courts have upheld ID requirments, but only in states where the state provided free IDs to those who couldn't afford them, I thought.
Wasn't that one of the reasons Missouri's was struck down? The court upheld Indiana's ID law, but IN provides free IDs:
"Courts have upheld voter ID laws in Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, but struck down Missouri's. Monday's decision comes a week before Indiana's presidential primary."
Supreme Court upholds voter ID law - Politics- msnbc.com