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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a classic beltway argument. Voter ID polls incredibly high across all subsets nationally. It is passed in numerous states with no greater harm to the electorate. I think its a loser for the Dems if they chose to die on this hill. People understand you need ID to do certain things in this country. If you can get a [b]cell phone, a bank card, have cable tv, internet service, shop online, fly on a plane, drive a car, ride the train, order a beer, buy cigarettes[/b]....you can figure out the voter id requirements.[/quote]

none of those are protected rights. 
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I get that the above aren't rights. But, you still need an ID to do any of them...an ID that would also work re voting. This is what I mean re beltway argument. Common sense takes a back seat.[/quote]

Perhaps you have difficulty looking beyond people who live like you.  I don’t drink or smoke. I frequently shop on line — and have never needed a photo ID to do so.  I’m an old, so my cell phone, bank accounts, credit card accounts, cable, and internet service have been in place for over a decade, and none of them required a photo ID. I haven’t needed an ID to ride the train, or to go to the dentist. I do need ID for my current health care options, but I did not when I went to a physician in private practice, and don’t for the dentist.
  I’m not sure if these arguments are disingenuous, ignorant, or both, but I hope that the people making them have assisted at least one non-driving, home bound person with accessing what they need to vote.

TLDR: Many people would be fine with voter ID requirements if they were free and easily available. In the unlikely event that the voter ID zealots are sincere, why not work harder on that? [/quote]

They are.  Maybe you should read about the various states that have the requirements (all free) and that they have mobile services to issue.  No, they don't come to do door-to-door service, but they make it about as easy as possible and no more difficult than going to the doctor, library, grocery store, out to eat, etc.  If you look at the form Virginia used prior, there is more to fill out on the actual voter registration form itself that the form to get an ID. [/quote]

Look the republicans will use that information to go after voters. The republicans are doing this to get your information and punish you. They will track your vote, send their crazies to your work place, your kids school, etc calling you out by name. You know republicans are lying when they can not tell you any reason to have your vote ID’ed and tracked. [/quote]

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