The intent by Republicans for voter ID is simply to reduce the amount of black people voting. How does that work you ask? Take a state like Georgia with that has a red state legislature and an area with a large amount of black people. If we require ID all of a sudden they want to reduce the amount of DMVs in Fulton County for "budget reasons". Maybe they limit the hours you can get your ID there from noon-4 Monday thru Wednsday 6 months before the election. Maybe DMVs in Fulton County get shut down for some "construction" 6 months before the election. Just a coincidence. So like I said, if your side would simply guarantee there would be no shenanigans like that by writing it into the law requiring the IDs it wouldnt be seen as the blatant attempt to suppress voting that it is.