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Selatius

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2. If people must pay for these IDs, it would amount to a poll tax, which is highly illegal.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 09:06 AM

Feb 2012

The Republicans and conservative Democrats who pushed this law in South Carolina should rightly allot money to pay for IDs for voters if they are so insistent on identifying voters at the polls. It is only fair.

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South Carolina Voter ID Law: State Attorney General Sues Justice Department For Blocking Measure [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2012 OP

Free, state issued IDs would go a long way toward resolving this issue. DCKit Feb 2012 #1

If people must pay for these IDs, it would amount to a poll tax, which is highly illegal. Selatius Feb 2012 #2

What that says to me is that the GOP is expect a loss in November. Firebrand Gary Feb 2012 #3