Random Thoughts From Marybeth

The Thing I Use My Driver's License for Least is Proving I May Drive...

A federal judge "blocked Georgia from enforcing a new state law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls."

The requirement "is most likely to prevent Georgia's elderly, poor and African-American voters from voting," Judge Murphy wrote. "For those citizens, the character and magnitude of their injury -- the loss of their right to vote -- is undeniably demoralizing and extreme."

I guess being treated as if you were an incompetent child isn't demoralizing.

You must have a photo ID when you get a job (assuming you and your employer are paying your taxes) so shouldn't the majority of those old enough to vote aready have this type of identification?

The state's governor has offered to provide the cards to those who can't afford them so the cost shouldn't be a problem. I wonder if what's worrying those against this law isn't that some people will be unable to get an ID but rather that too many of them will be unwilling to be bothered to do so.