Ah, the beauty of having archives. Nearly everything that needs to be said about the new "show photo ID before voting in Oklahoma" bill that passed through the state House yesterday on a party line vote (that means Rep. Sally Kern voted for the poll tax!) was said here, with a follow-up here, about two and a half years ago.

In case you don't want to click through, some highlights:

If you have to pay even one cent to the government just to able to vote, then by definition, it's a poll tax. The cost of being alive to vote is not a poll tax. The cost of being eligible to vote is not a poll tax. The cost of a driver's license is not a poll tax if you want a driver's license. The cost of an ID card that you get solely because you have to present it to vote is a poll tax. The reason for implementing it doesn't change its definition.

[…]I think people who are used to driving and carrying a driver's license everywhere are kind of inured to the idea that some people don't do this. Some people don't carry photo ID or credit cards everywhere. Some people don't routinely carry items that have to be cancelled and replaced if they're lost or stolen. I doubt more than a third of currently registered voters could tell you where their Voter Registration Cards are right now.

Plus, there's a quote there from an article on the Baker-Carter commission on voting problems that explains the inequity in this idea that "it's not unfair because everyone has to do it":

Absentee voters - who are disproportionately well-off - need only sign their ballot to prove validity, while voters who show up at the polls would have to present a photo ID. And although the commission recommends IDs be free, some states may still charge fees and establish other practical barriers that would be tantamount to a modern-day poll tax.

Although I have not read the legislation in question, the linked article's summary of the eight "acceptable" forms of photo ID did not seem to include any that were absolutely free of charge. I also wonder if it requires showing photo ID to get an absentee ballot. I still wouldn't support a law that puts restrictions on voting to solve a non-existent "voter fraud" problem, but I'd be encouraged if the GOP had managed to remember that their voters, not just the other party's voters, should have to show photo ID as well.