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Voting experts have pointed out the long distances and restricted hours of these state offices, which make obtaining the ID difficult for lower-income residents without cars as well as older voters.

I do agree with this. It is ridiculous for government functions to require citizens to have to miss work for stuff like this. Registrations, permits, licenses, court dates, etc., all cause undue hardship on any working person. Not everyone can afford to miss a half a day, or more, of work just to pay a $200 speeding ticket. Government facilities should be open late hours, and definitely over the weekend. Gov holiday should be Mon-Wed (or Tues-Thurs), with reduced hours/employees those days. Stagger 2-day weekend between all their people. That means the office is open 7 days a week. Hours have them open until 19-2000. They can either open at 06 and have double-shifts, or open at 10 or 1100.

The young women at the time did not have driver's licenses since their parents could not afford car insurance..

False. You don't need insurance to get a DL, you just go in and take the tests and all. You only need the insurance in order to get your car inspected (maybe for initial registration, I don't remember).

So, voting, which wasn't universally Constitutionally recognized until 1920/1971, doesn't need an ID, but the basic right to self-defense needs a couple IDs, a waiting period, a couple forms, etc...