At some point citizens who want to vote have to take a little responsibility for themselves . Uh . no . If the government puts up roadblocks to voting , it ' s the government ' s responsibility to ensure citizens can vote . Otherwise you ' re starting to get close to a poll test in intent . If you ' re not willing to ensure your citizens are 100 % enfranchised , then you probably don ' t have the health of the electorate as a priority . why can ' t they just talk about photo ID requirements while they ' re there ? Talking about ID requirements isn ' t the problem . Those GOTV efforts aren ' t roving DMVs that can hand out IDs . When you need an ID to vote , but your closest DMV is 45 minutes away , yet you can ' t drive to get there . you end up effectively disenfranchised . And that ' s a huge problem .