And I'd have to gross a highway and walk along some pretty busy streets that don't have any sidewalk. I don't think I'm in good enough shape for that at the moment. I mean, I could do it if I had to, but I need my legs to be sound enough to stand in the hospital on so I'd prefer not to. Oh, and if you're wondering why my poll location is so far away, it's because I use my grandmother's address in town as my "permanent address" for government stuff because I move around town so much as a college student. The poll site is a sneeze away from her place. So my situation is far from normal. But that's not really my point, it was just an example of a situation someone might have.

My point is just that there will usually be some litle cost that someone has to "pay" to vote. I don't think it's possible or practical to try to account for and prevent every little one, and I think that little cost isn't much to ask for considering it's to go make the choice as to who is in charge of your country. A luxury other countries don't have. I just bring this up to say that I don't think it is practical to look at the cost someone might pay to take a bus in to the DMV to get a free ID, or some other such cost, and call that a poll tax.

Some else did bring up the point that absentee voting doesn't appear to be requiring an ID. If that's true, then I think that on its own could be an excellent solution if you just let the people know "hey, if you don't have an ID, you can file an absentee ballot."