I just read that Daily Beast article...
It should be in the Opinion Section instead of the news section, it is so full of falsehoods and halftruths.
It really isn't a surprise that it is written by a Liberal.
He bases most of the article around these two paragraphs..
The centerpiece of the law is a strict new mandate for voter identification, thatÂ’s more notable for what it bans than what it permits. Of the various forms of state-issued ID, only four are valid for voting: driverÂ’s licenses, passports, veteranÂ’s IDs, and tribal cards. Everything else is unacceptable. This includes college IDs, public or municipal employee IDs, ID from public-assistance agencies, and out-of-state driverÂ’s licenses.
It’s no accident that those are the excluded categories. As with similar laws in other states, the restrictions target Democratic voters, from students and young people—who are more likely to rely on university-issued identification—to public employees and the poor. And of course, a large share of these voters are black and Latino. Overall, the state estimates that as many as 318,000 voters could lack (PDF) appropriate identification.
Of course he doesn't tell you why those ID's are not acceptable.
Out of State ID Drivers Licenses are never good, as far as I know, for Voting. Every State requires that you get their DL when you become a Resident of that State. You can't vote in a State you aren't a Resident of.
The other ID's don't have the same requirements for anti-fraud as do the acceptable ones do.
He's lying by omission.