Re: Looks like Republicans don't want Veterans to vote after all

In article <asrUj.2689$17.1476@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "ZBicyclist" <ZBicyclist@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> The Weasel wrote:
> >
> > A free id is not a poll tax.
>
> Indeed (although there's a fee for a driver's license or a 
> pass****t).
> 
> You have to have ID to drink

I don't drink.

> to drive

I don't drive.

> to pay by check

I pay for things with a credit card, occasionally a debit card (never 
had to show photo ID to get either), or cash.

> to take books out of the library

I've had a library card since I was five. I didn't need to provide a 
photo ID to get it.

> to have your kids attend a public school

I have no kids.
 
> to ride in an airplane

I've flown in airplanes many times and have never been asked to produce 
ID, just a ticket.

> to rent a car

I don't drive.

> and a host of other things in 
> life.  I don't think it causes much problem to show ID when voting.

If I lived in Indiana I would be ineligible to vote. I call that a 
problem.
 
> The number of people who lack ID (such as the bicycle-riding veteran 
> in the original post) has to be very small.

Eleven million in the U.S., according to one 2006 study.

<http://www.cbpp.org/9-22-06id.htm>

> The whole issue seems too small to be worth fighting over. 

Really? I was threatened with the loss of my housing subsidy and 
homelessness for lack of a photo ID.

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