An interesting thought.....

If I am indeed correct that it is rather heartless to spend a lot of time and energy to prevent voter ID laws from being enacted, would it not follow, then, that one great way for a church or political party to really help the poor (and possibly get their seats in a pew and/or their votes) is to help them get their birth certificates and state issued IDs--with extra credit given for helping them to get a drivers' license?

Yes, I think it would.  Hmmmmm....