>Fix issuance first, then we can talk about making it a requirement. What isn't acceptable is to deny even a single person their right to vote because they couldn't get a valid ID.

Here's a list of things that require government ID right now, off the top of my head:

  * Getting a job
  * Accepting free food from a food drive
  * Getting a bank account or loan
  * Buying alcohol or cigarettes
  * Buying a gun
  * Getting a tattoo
  * Picking up a package
  * Driving a car
  * Buying a plane or train ticket
  * Viewing an apartment or house to lease/buy
  * Forwarding your mail or setting up a PO box
  * Joining a gym
  * Setting up your gas/electricity/cable/internet
  * Getting a phone with service
  * Entering a nightclub

I'm all about giving people their rights, but making ID a requirement needs to be done. If the feds want to push it, then they can insist on criteria for acceptable issuance of ID. But I don't agree with waiting to do this anywhere it is possible to do it sooner. No other country (that I know of) is stupid enough to allow voting without ID. Perhaps the irrationality of this policy is an indictment of our government's dysfunction.