That's why I conclude he doesn't want military retirees to vote.

He explained that voters shouldn't worry - there are seven different kinds of photo ID's acceptable to vote, in addition to a North Carolina driver's licence. One of them is a United States military identification card. The problem is, what House Bill 589, the "Voter Information Verification Act,"("VIVA") provides with one hand, it takes away with the other.

On close reading, I believe representative Speciale's own retired military ID does not qualify under VIVA as a valid photo ID for voting. Why not? His ID has no expiration date. In the block for "expiration date" it says "indefinite." No problem. Section 163-166.13 (e)(4) of VIVA says "there is no requirement that it [a military ID] have a printed expiration or issuance date." But above that, in section 163-166 (e), the bill says "in the case of identification under subdivisions (4) through (6) of this section, if it does not contain a printed expiration date, it shall be acceptable if it has a printed issuance date that is not more than eight years before...voting."

I looked at my own retired military ID and discovered it does not meet the new NC photo ID requirement. Had Mr. Speciale, who retired in 1995, examined his own retired military ID, he would possibly have discovered the problem. His military ID doesn't qualify, either.

Was Speciale intentionally misleading his audience or does he just not exercise care in his reading of draft legislation? In addition to a North Carolina driver's licence, VIVA authorizes the following forms of identification:
1. Identification card for nonoperators issued by DMV. But that requires two forms of identification under DMV rules and the name on those ID's must be precisely the same. Some older women will have difficulty with this;
2. A United States passport. Outside of Oriental and Arapahoe, few residents of Pamlico County will have such a document. This is something middle and upper class people have, it is expensive to acquire, and not something the poor or working people are likely to have;
3. A United States military ID. There will be problems with retirees, as I have noted above;
4. Veterans ID issued by VA. I have examined a number of these and find they have neither date of issuance nor date of expiration. They don't meet the requirements of VIVA;
5. A tribal enrollment card issued by a federally recognized tribe. I checked with my grandsons, who are enrolled in a federally recognized tribe. Their enrollment cards issued when they were accepted into the tribe have neither a photo, a date of issuance nor a date of expiration. Why would they? Tribal membership doesn't expire until the member does. One of my grandsons has a photo identification issued by the tribe. It has a duration of ten years. Renewal requires a visit to the reservation. The eight-year limit does not match with tribal practice;
6. A tribal enrollment card issued by a tribe recognized by North Carolina, that has the same identity requirements as DMV;
7. Driver's license issued by another state, but only if the voter's voter registration was within 90 days of the election. 
The bottom line is, the list of other accepted photo ID's is useless as a practical matter. The requirement is really for a NC driver's license or DMV-issued identification. More important are the omissions: the law rejects student IDs, public-employee IDs, or photo IDs issued by public assistance agencies.
but rejects student IDs, public-employee IDs, or photo IDs issued by public assistance agencies. - See more at: http://southernspaces.org/2013/north-carolina-state-shock?fb_action_ids=673615692650253&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%22673615692650253%22%3A577690535627400%7D&action_type_map=%7B%22673615692650253%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D#sthash.rGk7k2ir.dpuf
but rejects student IDs, public-employee IDs, or photo IDs issued by public assistance agencies. - See more at: http://southernspaces.org/2013/north-carolina-state-shock?fb_action_ids=673615692650253&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%22673615692650253%22%3A577690535627400%7D&action_type_map=%7B%22673615692650253%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D#sthash.rGk7k2ir.dpuf
but rejects student IDs, public-employee IDs, or photo IDs issued by public assistance agencies. - See more at: http://southernspaces.org/2013/north-carolina-state-shock?fb_action_ids=673615692650253&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%22673615692650253%22%3A577690535627400%7D&action_type_map=%7B%22673615692650253%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D#sthash.rGk7k2ir.dpuf
Then why the long list? To give the illusion of options.

By the way, Pamlico County has no DMV office. A mobile facility visits the county for one six-hour period each month. A preliminary estimate is that nearly 600 registered voters in Pamlico County have no Driver's license. How is the DMV van going to meet this need along with their regular business?