Another Brilliant Plan Out of WI

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Originally Posted by Antitrust32

everyone over 18 has access to an ID card. And it is really stupid not to have one (and this has nothing to do with the bill)

I had to show one in FL the last time I voted.

Yes - right now, dependent upon state, there are a variety of ID's one can show, including ID by a worker who knows you, that enable you to cast a regular vote (not a provisional one).

The Republican plan is to markedly narrow those requirements, and change how people can be registered to vote, eliminate some of the things that enable voting now, and the ways some people can register (for example, you can register to vote at the DMV in most states)

Google voting requirements for your state, and you can read what enables you to vote now.

Narrower voting requirements is being done in an attempt to disinfranchise voters who tend to vote Democratic. The GOP knows this - that's why they are doing it. This is like redistricting - it's strictly an election, political move. The Republicans have been trying it for years, and now with so many GOP govs, they are making an aggressive push to make it harder for citizens to vote before the 2012 fall.