Study finds 378,000 transgender individuals lack ID to vote
A recent study found that 378,000 transgender people may have problems casting a vote in the 2020 election because of incorrect photo identification.
The study, conducted by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, found that this election cycle, there will be an estimated 965,000 transgender adults eligible to cast a ballot. However, approximately 42 percent of those eligible in 45 states will not have identification documents that accurately reflect their name or gender marker.
The research states that often, a transgender individual will change their name, or identify with a gender that doesn’t correlate to the gender that was assigned with their sex at birth. Therefore, the information that is on all of their official documents is rendered incorrect.
In addition, transgender people come across further challenges when they try to change their identification information to match their identity.
“Transgender people often face substantial challenges to obtaining accurate identification,” said lead author Kathryn O’Neill, policy analyst at the Williams Institute. “The requirements for updating the name and gender on official IDs vary widely across states, and the process can be complex and costly.”
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