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Lithos

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5. Did they take it away from her?

Reply to littlebit (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 12:50 PM

Jul 2016

Reason I ask is that the Driver's license is one of the few id's the GOP tends to accept for voter id. If they are arbitrarily taking it away for failure to pay a fine, does that not now make the fine a poll tax? You have to pay the fine to get your id to vote.

Seems also like it's an unreasonable attack on the poorer people...

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WP: Virginia suspends driver�s licenses in �unconstitutional scheme,� class action says [View all] StrayKat Jul 2016 OP

Virginia is not the only state that does this. littlebit Jul 2016 #1

Its pretty hard to get to work PatSeg Jul 2016 #2

Yes it is littlebit Jul 2016 #3

It is about as effective PatSeg Jul 2016 #4

It's also pretty hard to vote! Moonwalk Jul 2016 #9

Oh duh! PatSeg Jul 2016 #12

I'm sure you would have thought of it.... Moonwalk Jul 2016 #13

I remember living in dread that something PatSeg Jul 2016 #15

Did they take it away from her? Lithos Jul 2016 #5

She still has the card littlebit Jul 2016 #7

Good for them! Lithos Jul 2016 #14

Michigan had a ridiculous "Driver Responsibility Fee" for some time that would lead to FighttheFuture Jul 2016 #6

Good. StrayKat Jul 2016 #10

Yep, this happens all over the nation. lark Jul 2016 #8

I'm sorry about your son. StrayKat Jul 2016 #11

Thanks lark Jul 2016 #16