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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
I'm too lazy to look into the details or specifics you mention and do not doubt it, however, i'd say that any discussion i've ever heard on the subject (including this forum) has been about the undo hardship the requirement places on people with respect to simply getting an ID at all. What you're saying simply seems to be a more credible angle on the issue rather than the first real argument that its just too difficult for people to get ID's. To believe you, would mean accepting that everyone is 100% fine with a requirement for having an ID as a sole issue and any other details could simply be stricken from a bill and then would pass with great expediency, which absolutely is not the case.
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There are tons of lawsuits as well as news stories surrounding the lessening of voting days etc in these laws, but they don't get as much big press because of the spin that both parties want to put on it.
If you are a republican and you are pressing for these laws then you argue that everyone should have to show ID. If you are a democrat you argue that some people are too poor to show ID. The reason is because that is better than saying, "We don't want liberals voting." or "Our voters can't be bothered to show up on election day."