New Ohio voter ID law also excludes state veterans’ IDs

These cards are issued by the state government and require two valid forms of ID and a DD-214 to have one. I hardly see the problem here as the individual has those two other forms and likely uses them more than a Veteran ID. Ironically, it is actually easier to vote in Ohio by producing one ID than it is to get a state issued Veteran ID card.

I was issued a Veteran ID from the VA and I never use it, nor do I have the need to use it (it too was easier to get, by just being in the VA system). What the hell does any Veteran need a Veteran ID card for anyway? Seems to me that the state could reduce costs/logistics by simply doing what Texas offers, by annotating you are a Veteran on your State ID or Driver's license (should you choose).

LTC Eugene Chu this happened to me at the Polls once with my V.A. issued picture I.D. ... I stood my ground until they looked it up & confirmed I was correct.
..."“I’m not sure how many veterans have our card as their only form of ID,” she said in an email. “But obviously things happen — like losing a wallet — where this might be the only form they have after showing the two additional forms of ID when initially getting the card.”

Asked about the omission, DeWine Press Secretary Dan Tierney in an email said, “the bill did reduce the number of forms of identification that could be used and instead specified state-issued (and certain federal-issued) photo IDs. The bill provided for the (Bureau of Motor Vehicles) issued state identification cards as the photo IDs available at no cost to Ohio voters.”

Tierney added, “My understanding from legislative testimony is that, by far, the most common ID used for voting in Ohio are state-issued driver’s licenses.”

O’Connor, the Democratic county recorder, in a statement slammed GOP officials for not publicly announcing that this form of veterans’ ID will no longer be accepted at polling places.

“It’s bad enough that in the middle of the night, the Ohio legislature decided to target our right to vote,” he said. “But specifically invalidating the free state-issued ID our office provides to retired service members is unacceptable, and I will not stay silent about it.”

There are a lot of problems with this article and it's viewpoint.

1st, the state offers NO COST state ID, which is valid for voting. That alone renders all discussion of disenfranchisement or disparate impact moot.
Second, they talk about "what if you lose your wallet and all you have left is your county-issued Vet ID?" Really? Because that county issued Vet ID is DEFINITELY gonna be the thing I keep separate from my wallet. In the words of the Prez, "C'mon man." Also, if you lose your wallet, you simply go replace your ID. See point 1 about cost.
Third, An idiot in the article is quoted talking g about disenfranchisement of retired military members. Ummmmm... retirees have military ID cards - which are acceptable under this law. They would not need that county vet ID.
Finally, they admit that they have absolutely no data showing disenfranchisement due to voter ID laws, but then claim it still happens, they just can't prove it because... I dunno? That would take effort?

This law allows for the 4 main forms of ID that are universally accepted - and (almost) universally owned. Driver's License, State ID, passport, military ID. It is pretty much impossible to function in society without at LEAST one of those four. Show me someone who wants to participate in society who has none of those four documents and is also unable to obtain one. I'll wait. But until anyone can show me that person, voter suppression is nothing more than a bogeyman.