• Oklahoma driver license.

• Oklahoma identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety.

• An identification card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe.

• U.S. passport.

• Debit or credit card.

• Military, student, or public assistance identification.

Some are concerned that since a fee is required to obtain a driver’s license or state-issued photo ID, the bill would, in effect, impose a “poll tax.”

Horn said that’s “a bit of a stretch.”

“It is hard for me to imagine that a legal, law-abiding citizen who is registered to vote would not need a valid state ID for other reasons than voting,” said Horn. “It also seems the state’s obligation to ensure the integrity of its election process outweighs the inconvenience of paying $10 for a state issue ID card.”

Horn checked into state-issued ID cards, and found they did indeed cost $10, and are good for four years.

“So, we are talking about $2.50 a year,” he said. “It seems a small price to pay to ensure there is no voter fraud. This is where my common sense and my desire for limited government collide. I do not like the idea of a national ID card; it is a little too ‘Big Brother-ish’ for me.”

However, Horn doesn’t think it makes sense to have a registration requirement for voting and no means of verification, saying you need one to have the other.

“Maybe a good alternative would be to allow the voter registration card accompanied by a Social Security card as an alternate means of identification,” he said. “You get one when you register, and it’s free. You have to put either your Oklahoma state driver’s license number, or the last four digits of your Social Security number on the Oklahoma Voter Registration application, anyway.”

Price believes the bill has not been thoroughly considered.

“The March 2008 edition of the AARP Bulletin features a story about Bernice Todd, a Native American with cancer, who has lost her Medicaid coverage because she has not been able to prove her citizenship - in spite of the fact that her family roots have been deep in Oklahoma soil long before most of the rest of us, and despite the fact that Oklahoma has yet to uncover a single illegal immigrant on the Medicaid rolls,” said Price. “The unintended consequence of this bill will be the denial to some Oklahoma citizens of the precious right to vote.”