Ok, so photo ID is the law of the land in many states.
The NCSL places state-level voter ID laws in one of the following categories: From Wikipedia
Strict photo ID in effect: Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. In addition, North Carolina and Wisconsin have strict photo ID laws that are not yet in effect.
Photo ID in effect: Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Rhode Island, and South Dakota.
Strict non-photo ID in effect: Arizona, North Dakota, and Ohio.
Non-photo ID in effect: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington.
No ID required at polling place: California, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Washington, D.C. do not require ID to vote.
Obviously this disenfranchises QUITE a few people. What are we going to do about it? Join me below the fold.
Yes, we fight it in the courts. Yes, we fight it in the legislature. But what do we do in the meantime?
I propose we create a group to help people GET id in these states. It seems to me like an excellent use of campaign contributions. I did a google search today and CAN NOT find any groups already doing this. I know there are concrete road blocks to ID acquisition. Child care, time off of work, distance to travel to DMVs, lack of documentation or the money to get it.
How do we solve it? We start a group to help these people. We organize car pools. We organize funding for child care and getting documents. We get people ID, and we get people registered to vote. This is an opening for discussion and ideas - let's have it in the comments.