A lot of it is much ado about nothing. A lot of it has to do with the left and right arguing about anything. A lot of it has to do with Governor Deal (I didn't vote for him).
But there is a subtle legality that no one is talking about and it's the one that worries me. If you're of age and meet the qualifications, you have a right to vote. The idea that you have to "purchase" an identification card with your photo goes against that legality. It goes back to "only the people who can pay for their vote will get to vote" theory. What if they suddenly make driver's license fees or the costs of a state identification card $100? For a lot of people, they couldn't afford it. Without it, people don't have a vital photo ID and then they can't vote and that infringes on their right to vote.
It's basically paying for a vote, and that's just wrong.
And having to take all that crap just to renew a driver's license? They better have that changed by the time I have to renew. I got mine before all the nonsense kicked in. I don't even know where my birth certificate is, and my passport has expired. I was told that to get a new passport, I'd only need to bring my old one and $157 to the post office. :) No birth certificate required a second time, I guess.
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Date: 2012-08-19 10:52 pm (UTC)A lot of it has to do with the left and right arguing about anything.
A lot of it has to do with Governor Deal (I didn't vote for him).
But there is a subtle legality that no one is talking about and it's the one that worries me. If you're of age and meet the qualifications, you have a right to vote. The idea that you have to "purchase" an identification card with your photo goes against that legality. It goes back to "only the people who can pay for their vote will get to vote" theory. What if they suddenly make driver's license fees or the costs of a state identification card $100? For a lot of people, they couldn't afford it. Without it, people don't have a vital photo ID and then they can't vote and that infringes on their right to vote.
It's basically paying for a vote, and that's just wrong.
And having to take all that crap just to renew a driver's license? They better have that changed by the time I have to renew. I got mine before all the nonsense kicked in. I don't even know where my birth certificate is, and my passport has expired. I was told that to get a new passport, I'd only need to bring my old one and $157 to the post office. :) No birth certificate required a second time, I guess.