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[–] Sir-Real ago 

The problem is the 24th amendment. It's not a bad amendment, but the issue is the following:

the 24th amendment makes it unconstitutional to instate a poll tax or any similar payment. The issue with voter ID is that IDs have a price and are not given for free (a non-drivers ID in New York costs $9-10 which lasts 4-5 years, or $13-14 for an 8-9 year ID). Since the required identification is not free, it could fall under the classification of a poll tax and be deemed unconstitutional.

The simple solution would be to provide voter identification for free, then impose voter ID laws afterward, so that they would become constitutional. Any argument that people can afford $9-10 will be met by the fact that the original poll tax that this amendment made unconstituional was only $1. Add to the fact that, in NY, most voters only vote about once every 4 years (for the presidency) which happens to be the time in which that ID expires, so you'd have basically $9-10 poll tax.

Hope this helps explain things.