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Michigan implemented the photo ID requirement just before the Obama election and it was controversial at the time. They do offer the option of signing an affidavit that you are who you say you are if you don't have a photo ID to get around the disenfranchisement argument. I find it kind of ironic to say "You have to have a photo ID but if you don't, then just sign this paper". If the purpose is to prevent fraud, then it fails because if you're committing voter fraud, then you're not going to think twice about signing the affidavit. So what's the purpose really? It feels like a measure to intimidate people... to make it just a little harder for them to vote.
As a college student, I voted absentee. It wasn't tough to do here. The most disconcerting thing was that during the 2000 Gore/Bush debacle, some precincts openly admitted that they don't bother counting the absentee ballots unless they could make a difference in the outcome. I think the official records should be recording the exact number of votes.
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