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8. Don't forget most state govt offices are only open during weekdays and someone may

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 12:44 PM

Jul 2013

have to take time off work with no pay to go stand in line for them. So it still costs that way as well.

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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