The people that will lose their right to vote are people like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and others like them registered by acorn and other groups like them. There is no reason that anyone that is eligible to vote can't vote, it seems that concessions have been made for any group of voters that want to vote to do so, but with the new law they will only be able to vote once! That seems to bother one party, I wonder why?

If people are willing to make an effort to vote, they'll be able to vote. Those who won't take the few necessary steps to have photo identification would essentially be making the choice not to vote. The effort is slightly more, but it'll still be a choice. Many voters are apolitical and won't bother to take this necessary step to vote. If someone wants to vote, they still can. People need to remember that.

I would love to see those activists opposing VoterID spend their energies getting these "vulnerable people" registered. There is absolutely no reason the integrity of the voting process should be sacrificed to do it.

There are plenty of solutions for "election integrity" simply by keeping accurate and up-to-date voter registration lists (see the Pew Foundations study). I help "vulnerable" veterans who are disabled that I meet and have been doing so for over two years now. In every single case these vets had their I.D.-s and other essential documents "lost" by the care facilities they are/were living in. Getting certified copies of birth certificates, DD 214 discharge papers and even social security cards is expensive ($ 26 in MN) and time-consuming. We waited nearly 18 months for all the documentation to arrive on average. Moreover, these vets must be transported in specially fitted vans that accept their wheelchairs in order to get the Minnesota State I.D. card ($5) that will be needed for the "free" Voter I.D Card that the State of Minnesota is going to issue. Health insurance does not pay for non-medical transportation. One of the vets I have helped paid over $250 for the less than 20 mile round trip to the issuing facility to get his photograph taken! Metro-Mobility isn't appropriate to use in most cases as it cannot cross county lines to go to the closest I.D. issuing facility. Instead, you're taken to a transit point and transferred to another Metro-Mobility van in the next county. Moreover, they will not wait for you while you get your picture taken. It may be hours before Metro-Mobility can return for pick-up. Most vets and others similarly impacted don't have the money for this.