Reply #15: I have been flamed for saying this before, but I'll say it again

[SoCalDem]

The organizations who work so hard to register people, and the democratic party should start spending the money necessary to GET these people the ID cards that will pass muster when they actually try to vote. They are very likely to be voting in precincts that will have overly zealous "challengers". Where once a utility bill and an expired drivers' license with a photo "might" have been enough, the opposition is more aggressive than ever, and they try every trick in the book to intimidate people..

What is truly needed, since some people have an issue with the idea of passports for all, is a PICTURE ID (with a decent sized photo) that is a VOTER ID CARD..issued when you register.. Hell Costco can manage to do it, right there on the spot...The card should not be "address specific" because we all know that people MOVE.. With a good photo ID voter's card that would only need to be updated as one ages..(like every 12 years), a current bill in that person's name should verify address..That's all we should ever need..

If I got the card in Indiana,it should not matter that I now live in Kansas.. If I am registered in Kansas, they could just put a KS sticker on the back of the card when I registered there, to prove that I have lived there long enough to vote.. An electric bill or rent receipt would verify my home address..

They are making something so EASY..into something so difficult..