theonion:

PRO

• Could help temper the country’s embarrassingly high voter turnout rates
• Less time-consuming form of discrimination than literacy test
• Nationwide surge in ID demand could create up to four new jobs at DMV

CON

• Phrase “poll tax” has better ring to it
• Puts undue burden on privileged elite to choose elected officials
• Doesn’t completely eliminate possibility of undesirable populations from voting

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