re: Partisan
Sorry, but even if there are no subsidies for the poor, you are not going to convince me that the nation is full of eager voters who are utterly incapable of coming up with about fifteen to twenty bucks for a card that lasts several years. The requirement comes into full effect in 2010. Maybe they can save up for it?
Please do not try to tell me that Republicans have a monopoly on gerrymandering. Every party that has developed a majority in every state legislature since before we had fifty states has immediately started cooking district borders to keep themselves in power. I wonder how many idiots think the current Texas legislature is the first one to ever do this? To read the news, you'd think so.