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It didn't take long to smoke out this lefty loon. I thought I'd be the first to respond to this du lurker, but by the time I posted about 20 Freepers had already responded to the obvious lies and distortions. The ny city jerk won't be able to respond with any facts, so watch for a diatribe or maybe he'll just disappear under the pond scum.

Heh. No major surprises here. Lots of hot air and the usual FR invective. OK lets take this point by point.

1. The law does indeed allow for those who are indigent to get their IDs for free. But it fails to define what indigent is.

2. The law assesses criminal penalties on anyone falsely claiming to be indigent.

3. In the entire state of GA there were at the time the law was signed supposed to be 58 places to go to get one of these special IDs. NONT ONE was located in Atlanta!!!

4. In theory (LMAO) the state would send someone to your home to provide you with an ID at no cost if you could prove you were indigent(what is that?). Exactly how many people does the state of GA have on the payrolls to actually do this for the roughly million or so people who would qualify state wide (by conservative estimates. The dems not surprisingly quote a much higher number). And all this would of course have to be done before the election to avoid disenfranchising large numbers of people.

5. The 24th ammnd says "Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

6. I am a strict constructionist. This means that if you are going to mandate some form of ID (which is perfectly reasonable and I support) you CAN NOT charge for it period. I don't care if your Bill Gates and you decide not to bother with a drivers license because you have a 24 hr limo. No one can charge any kind of fee for voting. If you are going to offer or require a voter ID it must be free to all irrespective of their financial status. States can choose to accept IDs which are used for other purposes (and for which they can reasonably charge a fee) such as drivers licenses. But they can not actually charge anyone a dime for the right to vote.

7. Both the district Federal Courts and the United States Court of Appeals has ruled against this law. The Court of Appeals that covers Georgia is also one of the most conservative in the country.

Sorry I did not post my reply in a manner that was as timely as you obviously would have liked. But I posted my note late last night. And I actually work for a living which means I don't have the luxury of sitting around all day and monitoring FR to see who is posting messages to me etc.