The way this could ever be equitably implemented is with probably a decade long push for a sensible national id project that is free for everyone, but generally I've not seen proponents of this idea be willing to do the legwork that's necessary to get this to work.
It's not a poll tax because in the post 9/11 age / post pandemic age, you need an ID to do most anything.
In NYS, the driver's license fee can be as low as $6.50.
Where does it define a minimum value to be considered a tax?
Where does it say "some things requiring ID is an exception to poll taxes?"
The government requiring money to be paid in order to vote is in fact a poll tax.
still should have to show id to vote.
I'll link this random source here, but there are dozens of them out there. There is no evidence to support any claim of widespread voter fraud that would merit the introduction of a poll tax or a nationwide free ID program + combined ID requirement.
https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american-c...
Your proposal also ignores the fact that in some cases getting an ID is very complex and expensive - some people don't have birth certificates, for example, and getting one printed requires going to a specific location and paying a fee. Sometimes it's still not possible, because the records facility keeping your birth certificate burned down (there's at least one case of this I read about.)
Making IDs free would be a cool measure for equality! Not sure where the funding would come from though. In some places like Washington State people keep trying to defund the DMV entirely by getting rid of car taxes, so I doubt you'd get away with funding it that way.
And now I replied, too, so, by way of attempt to salvage things, a suggestion: the downvote button is a far more effective way of heading off attempts to steer the discussion down unproductive paths.
The fact of the matter is the histrionically the left has cheated by ballot stuffing and the right has cheating by making it harder to vote.
What are you trying to say?
What evidence exists to suggest the current elections aren't trustworthy?
Now answer my question.