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1. Wouldn't that then be a Poll Tax

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 11:35 AM

Jul 2013

since in order to get any of these ID's you will have to pay money?

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If You’re Poor and You Live in Texas, Your Right to Vote Has Been Taken Away [View all] kpete Jul 2013 OP

Wouldn't that then be a Poll Tax HockeyMom Jul 2013 #1

there's a simple compromise -- free, government-issued ids unblock Jul 2013 #3

Right, plus the inconvenience of where the offices are Jim Lane Jul 2013 #9

Uh oh. This sounds like a poll tax. ananda Jul 2013 #4

The salient points about the cost of ID gvstn Jul 2013 #5