This has been a huge issue in Missouri throughout 2006. I blogged about it on the state level many, many times and I still cannot understand why some people have a problem with this. Circuit Court Judge Richard G. Callahan in MO said the following when he declared the ID law unconstitutional:
"The photo ID burden placed on the voter may seem minor or inconsequential to the mainstream of our society for whom automobiles, drivers licenses or even passports are a natural part of everyday life. However, for the elderly, the poor, the undereducated or otherwise disadvantaged, the burden can be great if not insurmountable, and it is those very people outside the mainstream of society who are the least equipped to bear the costs or navigate the many bureaucracies necessary to obtain the required documentation."
It's just ridiculous. Visit
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/322EE094DA01A457862571
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