Voter ID law with 9+ year's notice in advance

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Quoting a post from the ID thread in the Pit:

@Parthol

This story – about Eric Kennie – pretty nicely encapsulates why I find Voter ID, as currently implemented in states like Texas, so problematic.

It’s stories like this that erode my confidence in elections. The only thing I do have confidence in, is that there are more going to be more people like Eric Kennie than the number of fraudulent votes Texas Voter ID laws will prevent.

And tell me, Bricker. It looks like Eric Kennie has spent upwards of 20 hours sorting through the bureaucratic obstacles placed before him, and spent $23 on a birth certificate (a very substantial sum to him – the equivalent of $315 for someone making $100k), and he STILL can’t vote this time around. Do you feel he esteems the vote too lightly?

With 9 years, Eric Kennie could probably get the proper ID. But what’s the benefit of making him do so? And since it is nigh-impossible for him to do so before the election, I would assume that the 9-year supporters will agree that the law in Texas, as it is now, is suppressing Mr. Kennie’s vote, correct?