Re:'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID...
by viggity on Monday December 30, 2013 @05:22PM
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IIRC, most states that have instituted voter id laws have made the cost of an ID free. Also, expired drivers licenses work as identification (for the elderly who have ceased driving).
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Re:'If I Need ID to Buy Cough Syrup, Why Shouldn't I Need ID...
by meej on Monday December 30, 2013 @05:53PM
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Even if an ID is free, the documentation required to obtain one may not be free (like a registered birth certificate, for example).
Expired licenses do not work as ID under Texas' new ID law. There was a particularly egregious example of this earlier this year: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/11/03/former-u-s-house-speaker-...