Personally, I don’t believe there is anything wrong
in principle with showing legal ID to vote, especially for use initially to register to vote. States do frequently set such qualifications today. Am I mistaken about this? In NY, as I recall, when you show up at your local voting spot you simply sign in and your signature is compared to your old signature. Seems reasonable to me.

Frankly, I’m also not
in principle against every person in the country being issued a Federal ID/Tax card. Isn’t this what our Social Security card really is? What I
do strongly object to is that some partisan political activists spread ridiculous charges, and at the same time consciously try to
discourage certain groups of citizens from voting by purging voter lists. Long lines at voting locations, refusal to accept mail balloting, these sometimes make it almost impossible for older voters, or busy working people, to vote at all. Our voting rates are not very high as is. It seems to me a lack of reason runs through all these discussions, just as it does in the different discussion regarding undocumented workers.