Whether illegal aliens can illegally register to vote too easily is certainly distinct from whether it is easier to get a drivers license than a gun. Not that I am averse to that protracted partisan debate, but I doubt anything I say will change anyones mind any more than it did the last thousand times. A McCain advisor has publicly admitted voter fraud does not exist: http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/11/10/gop-strategist-admits-no-voter-fraud/

Long time anti-fraud advocate John Fund recently told a Heritage Foundation conference on the subject that "Everytime you see a truly massive, coordinated effort at voter fraud, it usually relies in part on absentee voter fraud," yet "I think it is a fair argument of some liberals that there are some people who emphasize the voter ID part more than the absentee ballot part because supposedly Republicans like absentee ballots more and they don’t want to restrict that.” "Some people" in this case means "virtually every single anti-fraud law passed in the last two years." The loudest "foes" of voter fraud ignore absentee fraud, even though it is MORE COMMON THAN ALL OTHER FRAUD COMBINED, because all absentee ballots skew heavily Republican.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/john_fund_republicans_voter_id.php

It is not about fighting non-existent fraud, it is about helping the Republican Party. If you do not believe me, perhaps you will believe Romney strategist Scott Tranter, who recently said, "A lot of us are campaign officials -- or campaign professionals -- and we want to do everything we can to help our side. Sometimes we think that's voter ID, sometimes we think that's longer lines -- whatever it may be...."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/republican-voter-id-scott-tranter_n_2273927.html

No mention of fraud, just helping the GOP. We can go there, but it serves no purpose; even when senior GOP advisors and leading GOP anti-fraud activists admit the truth on video we still end up debating whether it actually happened. Again, cognitive dissonance is rapidaly approaching the level of outright denial.


States have not only tried, but many (e.g. TX) have succeeded despite the AARP (I am not sure why the ACLU would even be involved; driving is not a civil right.) The efforts were primarily aimed at elderly people with failing vision, so someone who passed the vision test and got a license 70 years ago cannot continually get new ones long after they become legally blind. I can see what that change might be difficult to implement in FL for the reasons you state, but cannot imagine why TN or most other states would have such problems.