While I'm someone who thinks voter ID is a good idea, the GOP misrepresented the problem
Millions of voting-age Americans lack a current government-issued photo ID, even as a growing number of states enact new or stricter voter ID requirements, according to an analysis released today by University of Maryland researchers and a leading voting rights organization.
phys.org
The reality, "lack of government issued ID" is an issue that disproportionately impacts certain demographics more than others.
It also doesn't help the GOP claim of "it not being a political thing" when they started picking and choosing what forms of photo ID would be accepted.
For instance, Texas (and I believe a few other states) would allow a concealed handgun license (which is actually issued at a county level) as a valid form of voter id, but not a verified photo ID from a Texas state university (which is tied to state-level data)
Gee, I wonder why... I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that a person with a CCW permit is statistically more likely to vote republican, as to where a person who's a 23 year old college kid is statistically more likely to vote democrat, does it?