Oh, and I am among the disenfranchised

Voting in New York requires nothing more than one's signature. I did so from the upper east side of Manhattan for over 30 years. While we had a car, my partner was usually the only one who drove the damned thing (don't ask). I haven't had a valid drivers license in some time.

When my passport expired I was, and still am, recovering from both a gunshot wound and PTSD. I wasn't going to travel overseas unless some European scientist comes up with the miracle hip replacement-replacement. Therefore, I renewed my passport with one of those nifty passport cards which serves as ideal photo ID and proof of citizenship except to vote in Florida. Ugh! In 2010, I cast an absentee New York ballot.

I have two choices:

1. I can use my passport card to get a passport book (which is valid for voting). That's a problem because I am cheap frugal. $135 solely for the privilege of voting?
2. I can obtain a Florida non-driver DMV ID.
• First I have to get a copy of my social security card (my wallet got lost in the shuffle when I was shot). That's free.
• Once I receive the social security card, I need to take it, along with some utility bills and a bank statement to DMV which is about a 20 mile schlep. 
• Then all I have to do is plunk down $25 and hope that I get the right clerk in the right mood from the right line on the right day and voila!

Ultimately, I am relatively lucky in that I have a form of photo ID that will help me get another form of photo ID. Otherwise I would need to get a copy of my birth certificate. However, suppose I did not have a passport?

Photo ID is required to get a copy of one's social security card. A social security card is required to get photo ID. 

In other words, without my US passport card, I would be shit-outa-luck. Republicans haven't created a job since 2010 but they sure as hell know how to effect voter suppression.