I read the links. While the anecdotal evidence of people who have trouble getting IDs is there, they conflate a couple of things. especially the difference between having an ID and having a driver's license. To this point, they examine the case of 'who drives' for a good portion of the NPR article as if that answers the question of who would be disenfranchised by these ID laws, but from Ballotopedia: As of June 6, 2017, 33 states had enacted voter identification requirements. A total of 18 states required voters to present photo identification, while 15 accepted other forms of identification. So to imply 'who drives' is important is roughly false. And I like NPR, I'm just saying that this report is off in that regard.

Moreover, they never really answer the questions that they set out to answer: Who doesn't have IDs and why? I would like a rough number of how many people are actually being disenfranchised from voting here. If it's millions in a state, that's not a cost worth any benefit, but if it's a hundred per state you can start to argue for or against it.

And again, I think voter ID laws are stupid wastes of time and money meant to address a problem that doesn't exist en masse in voter fraud. But I don't agree that getting an ID of some sort should be considered an unbearable burden. In Missouri, for example, as long as you are a registered voter, you can just bring in your registration with your name and address on it. I just brought that in, even though I had my ID on me. That kind of ID doesn't seem burdensome.