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procon

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2. The problem isn't just getting the required ID, its all the supporting documents
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 09:36 PM
Apr 2017

needed to get to that point. Men might only need to pay to get their birth certificate (if there even is one), but women often need to get many more legal papers to prove their identity. Start with a birth certificate, then a marriage license to show the name change, then there might be a death certificate or divorce decree for her spouse, followed by another marriage license and a different name change. All these legal docs cost money, plus time off work or child care, and a long trip to various state offices to get them all processed just so the person can get the photo ID needed to register to vote.

Republicans did this deliberately to discourage as many people as possible from voting. The discrimination is intentional and there is no solution until there is a federal law that 100% bans any form of voter suppression tactics.

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