NPR on Voter ID

Here.  NPR opened the phones soliciting voters who had no identification.  They finally got one.  Jeremy from Oregon:


JEREMY (Caller): Yeah, I have – I’ve lived in Portland for 10 years. I tried to get Oregon ID. I didn’t try very hard. They wanted about eight pieces of ID. I don’t drive. So it wasn’t very pressing.


I had, you know, current California ID. When that expired, I happened to be in California. I’d flown in legally. I got new ID while I was there using a friend’s address, and I’ve continued to live without ID.


I’m sort of a haphazard voter. I spent most of my life, you know, wearing a shirt that said piss in the voting booth on Election Day. I have since started voting irregularly, and I would definitely not get ID if I had to.


And I would feel somewhat disenfranchised, even though I don’t value the franchise a whole lot. Oregon charges like $50, and, you know, they list things like plane licenses. I don’t use credit cards, either, you know, plane licenses, hunting licenses and various other things that are considered legitimate, and I don’t have any of those things.


And even with current California ID, if I were to get another one, which would be – I’d be committing fraud to do so, I would have trouble getting Oregon ID. It’s really not that easy to get ID, I don’t believe.


CONAN: Really?


JEREMY: That’s with my, you know, limited halfhearted attempt. To be honest, I wouldn’t mind moving back to California. I hate the climate here.  I just can’t afford to live there anymore. So I’m also making some sort of, you know, nostalgic statement about, you know, where I wish I lived.