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The problem is that if the ID is not free, it could constitute a Poll Tax:

https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/37045

Which is against the constitution. It also disenfranchises voters who do not have a permanent address.

Those are both pretty simple issues to address. Many Democracies around the world use some form of voter ID and we could easily just follow their implementations with some adjustments.

Right but every proposition suggesting those elements gets struck down. It isn’t about voter ID, it’s about not letting poor people vote

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