Some of these are legitimate concerns---my grandmother doesn't have a valid driver's license anymore, so if she was in one of those states, she might not be able to vote
The state is probably offering them free ids if she'll go and get one.
Based on my own mother, however, it might not be an entirely bad thing...
She does have a birth certificate, doesn't she?
That's all that is required.
Bull$h|t! In all of the states with ID requirements, there are programs in place to deal with situations like your grandmother's.
That is absolutly incorrect.
All states have a state ID. Many states use the same equiptment and just have a regular ID in the same form as the DL.
Many people in the nursing homes and retirement communities of FL have such ID's.
Also you can go to the post office and obtain a passport. That CLEARLY id the person as a US Citizen.
Many states even allow for FREE IDs if poor.
ALSO ALL THE ID LAWS HAVE PROVISIONS FOR PROVISIONAL VOTING!! This means YOU take your mother to vote and YOU swear under oath she is the person on the list. He vote is taken and upon confirmation of her eligibility (and your ID) her vote is put in the pile to be counted.
There is ZERO legit reason to worry that any voter ID law will keep people from voting. NONE.
BS. Take your grandmother down and get her a legal ID from the motor vehicle department. All states issue them. For a nominal fee she can get a picture ID. Not only that, she must have some sort of ID now in order to do business with banks etc.
$15 for 5 years. If voting isn't worth that much to her, well...
Are you trying to say that a valid drivers license is the only acceptable form of ID for voting in your state?