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The changes over the years

trkingmomoe — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:35:53 +0000

In reply to Just keep kicking the working

The changes over the years for driver licenses always made sense, as far as safety, but the last round is to throw road blocks up for voters. It has nothing to do with safety on the roads. I would rather give undocumented workers driver licenses and know that they passed a safety test and can read road signs, then what is going on now. They drive because they have to and they may not have a clue who goes first at a stop sign.

Just keep kicking the working

Richard Day — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:39:51 +0000

In reply to When I needed to renew mine,

Just keep kicking the working American. And for what?

Put more and more obstacles in the way so that more and more people are not only off the election rolls but off the road as well.

Damn!

When I needed to renew mine,

trkingmomoe — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:12:38 +0000

In reply to Of course I lived in the Twin

When I needed to renew mine, I had to order a new birth certificate because they would not accept the one I have been using for the last 50 years that was a microfish copy from the state I was born. That cost me $45. Then my CDL was $85. I also had to have other ID stuff to prove I was an American citizen and take an oath that I was telling the truth. I have been driving since 1964. The only thing I ever had to do was take tests to show I was safe, pay for a drug test, if I was driving professionally, and show my old license. I have never had to swear to tell the truth and bring my electric bill before. Talk about over reach??

Of course I lived in the Twin

Richard Day — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:20:55 +0000

In reply to I have lived most of my adult

Of course I lived in the Twin Cites for 50 years and officed there 25 of those years...

See, I know it takes energy and some money...hahahahaha

Us rural folks have no idea how easy it is to get your ID....

Actually I think it may be illegal for me to have a DL...but I don't drive. hahahaah

You take your DL to the bank, to the credit agencies to...whatever. Everything is easy.

In this neck of the woods if you present an ID that is not a DL everyone assumes you have six DUIs...hahahahah

Oh and Smith, I get emails from the big organizations referring to all these problems.

Four, six or ten ID's to get your damn ID...ha

I cannot believe that some of these teabaggers have that much intelligence. hahahah

I have lived most of my adult

MrSmith1 — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:04:28 +0000

In reply to FUN AT THE DMV

I have lived most of my adult life in New York City. I have never owned a car, (although I did drive my parent's, my girlfriend's and other people's cars in my youth.) Living in NYC, it was easy to let my drivers license lapse, and so I did ... a long time ago. Now, of course, being totally blind in one eye, and unable to turn my head because of my fused neck and spine, it would be ludicrous for me to have a drivers license. But, about a year or two ago, I realized the whole photo ID thing was going to be a problem and was told by a friend that New York State has something called a Non-Drivers License. So I am now officially a card-carrying non-driver with a photo ID to prove it. Of course, I did have to go the DMV in Manhattan like everyone else, bringing all the same birth certificate and four other forms of ID, and stand on line for about 2-3 hours, which was pretty pathetic. What was great was that I kept getting really odd looks from people as I stood there with my stooped posture and leaning on my cane. And I could tell they were thinking, "Dear God, they're going to let THAT guy drive?!" But it's nice to know that now, I can go into my polling place and proudly show them that I did not drive to get there. (Especially since they can see by my address, that I live on the same block. But never mind that.)

My hope is that during the run-up to the 2012 election, a Progressive organization will put some money into sending small teams of volunteers (lawyers and notarys) into poor and urban areas around the country, in a similar way to the voter registration drives during the civil rights struggles of the 60's, and start getting the poor and disenfranchised signed up with legal photo IDs. Fight the scurrilous attempt to use the lack of photo IDs to disqualify voters, with a legal remedy; donating free legal photos IDs to anyone and everyone that needs one.