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Rick Perry in the State of the State Address:

I believe we should also require the same identification procedure for voting that we require for voter registration.

Interesting framing of the issue there. Namely, if the far right of the GOP so adamantly believes that this is justification for Voter ID, then what's to suggest we shouldn't have same-day Voter Registration all the way up through Election Day? If the ID requirements were the same, why not?

If nothing else, I'd hope some enterprising House or Senate members consider an amendment like this. If nothing else, watching the GOP vote against it underscores whatever pretense to intellectual consistency they might hope to have on the issue.