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

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 21, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-id-law-with-9-years-notice-in-advance/702066 "2014-10-21T19:41:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-id-law-with-9-years-notice-in-advance/702066/179 "2014-10-29T16:25:13Z")

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Quoting a post from the ID thread in the Pit:

> [@I Pit the ID-demanding GOP vote-suppressors (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-id-demanding-gop-vote-suppressors-part-1/624943/7254):
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> This story – about [Eric Kennie](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/27/texas-vote-id-proof-certificate-minority-law) – pretty nicely encapsulates why I find Voter ID, as currently implemented in states like Texas, so problematic.
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> 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.
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> 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?

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