Enabling the poor and elderly via voter ID

In today's OpinionJournal, John Fund brings us an interesting thought from former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young:

Andrew Young, the former Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador who spoke at the rally, believes that in an era when people have to show ID to rent a video or cash a check "requiring ID can help poor people." He noted that Georgia is deploying a mobile bus to issue voter IDs and allowing groups like the NAACP to arrange for it to go to specific sites.

Democrats are hell bent on opposing voter ID verification because of the odd chance a poor or elderly person may be unable to get an ID. If the Democrats are truly the party of the little guy, though, shouldn't they be doing everything in their power to get ID's into the hands of the poor and the elderly? After all, it is virtually imposible to function in society today without an ID. What better way to enable the downtrodden than to get them ID's via voter registration programs? An ID for these individuals would be the first step to helping them become functioning, successful members of society.

Hello? Governor Doyle? Care to justify your opposition to voter ID now?