Gymno

succumbing to peer pressure

Monday, September 12, 2005

I'm beginning to think it's my destiny to live in/move to states that do incredibly backwards, embarrassing things.

In 1966, the Supreme Court held that the poll tax was unconstitutional. Nearly 40 years later, Georgia is still charging people to vote, this time with a new voter ID law that requires many people without driver's licenses - a group that is disproportionately poor, black and elderly - to pay $20 or more for a state ID card. Georgia went ahead with this even though there is not a single place in the entire city of Atlanta where the cards are sold. The law is a national disgrace.

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