those are three very good examples, Iggy. i tell you something now that your folks should have mentioned when you left the nest. the world runs on money. or more precisely, on the desire for money. driving, going to college, and getting loans are all about profit. profit for insurance companies, profit for university trustees, and profit for banks. the GOP is finally taking action to affirm that votes = money. votes lead to power and power leads to money. i don't know what took them so long.
i personally have no problem with requiring ID to vote. you may (or may not) be surprised to hear that all states already require some form of identification from their voters. of course they do. the problem is that the GOP is aiming to require more formal kinds of ID, knowing that many people will not acquire those IDs, thereby lowering voter turnout. there is no problem to solve, in their view, other than reducing voter turnout selectively among non-Conservatives. if you can make the jump to this slightly higher level of awareness, you will have begun the process of shedding the shackles of the GOP brainwash