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B Calm

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49. Some voters can't get an ID.

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Fri Nov 14, 2014, 08:46 AM

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Outrageous! Woman who had voted for 72 years denied a vote because she lacked a photo ID. [View all] theHandpuppet Nov 2014 OP

Sue the hell out of them shenmue Nov 2014 #1

That was my thought. Bastards! MoonRiver Nov 2014 #4

I just seethe when I read comments after these stories. CurtEastPoint Nov 2014 #2

I've gotten to the point I can't even read the comments theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #3

Although it's frustrating... JohnnyRingo Nov 2014 #5

Shame on her local democratic party operatives SoCalDem Nov 2014 #6

I understand that in at least one case even a passport was rejected as a photo ID theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #12

THAT is outrageous.. SoCalDem Nov 2014 #13

Are homeless people not allowed to vote? Bandit Nov 2014 #16

That might depend on their locality SoCalDem Nov 2014 #17

US passports don't officially list addresses Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #24

Passports do not include an address. Ms. Toad Nov 2014 #33

That was wrong treestar Nov 2014 #42

I'm sorry but I think photo ID requirements are bullshit theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #7

You're right, it is bullshit. JohnnyRingo Nov 2014 #21

You're wrong. Did you even read the article? theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #36

See - this pisses me off JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #47

She already went thru all the hoops she needed to when she produced paperwork Lars39 Nov 2014 #8

Is that the law in Virginia? JohnnyRingo Nov 2014 #22

Probably was until the repubs decided to cheat. Lars39 Nov 2014 #40

It's a new way to charge a poll tax csziggy Nov 2014 #14

I'll answer your last sentence... JohnnyRingo Nov 2014 #23

This could be the first time she's voted since her license expired csziggy Nov 2014 #26

You make a good point. JohnnyRingo Nov 2014 #35

In 2004 as a protest I refused to provide photo ID csziggy Nov 2014 #39

Why do you keep saying this? theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #37

I assumed such a red state as Virginia... JohnnyRingo Nov 2014 #58

there definitely should be fee waivers for people who are poor treestar Nov 2014 #43

"Suck-it-up" merely enables the disenfranchisement to continue. LanternWaste Nov 2014 #15

Solution is to change the law. JohnnyRingo Nov 2014 #25

See animation Omaha Steve Nov 2014 #9

photo ID can't be expired "dirty trick"Nowpeople have to pay to update state ID for life or no vote. Sunlei Nov 2014 #10

So her right to vote was taken away from her to resolve the injustice of less than one vote of ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2014 #11

Here in the Red State of Idaho, GarColga Nov 2014 #18

Outrageous. I hope the obstruction of her right to vote for the first time in 72 years is made known appalachiablue Nov 2014 #19

Follow Dan Casey ollie4 Nov 2014 #20

I would ask for a provisional ballot. simak Nov 2014 #27

Does anyone even read the articles anymore? theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #38

Of course I read it. simak Nov 2014 #67

Since the GOP knows they can NEVER receive the votes of the majority of Americans they will let... Faryn Balyncd Nov 2014 #28

I do not understand why an expired drivers license Jenoch Nov 2014 #29

WHY would someone not have photo ID? lbrtbell Nov 2014 #30

When I first started hearing about these voter ID laws, I felt the same way. BUT WhiteAndNerdy Nov 2014 #32

There are lots of people who survive without a photo ID, Ms. Toad Nov 2014 #34

Right now I'm trying to help out a guy who treestar Nov 2014 #44

Social Security workers Ms. Toad Nov 2014 #48

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #59

I notice that you have NOT highlighted the many forms of ID Ms. Toad Nov 2014 #61

So wrong. :( nt WhiteAndNerdy Nov 2014 #31

You are right, it's all a sham created by no good republicans! B Calm Nov 2014 #41

This is why Republicans win and Democrats lose.. sendero Nov 2014 #45

Some voters can't get an ID. B Calm Nov 2014 #49

Well, never mind that theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #51

Perhaps it's a lack of empathy that's contributing to our losses theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #50

Yeah. sendero Nov 2014 #52

A lot of these elderly voters who voted their entire life were not born in a hospital B Calm Nov 2014 #53

The ACLU n/t sendero Nov 2014 #54

It gets crazier and crazier every day. N/T UglyGreed Nov 2014 #46

What kind of government actively works to deny their citizens the right to vote? think Nov 2014 #55

Conservatives know by surpressing the vote, their odds are better. B Calm Nov 2014 #56

Photo ID for an Absentee Ballot???? HockeyMom Nov 2014 #57

The state of Virginia really respects its elderly, eh? Tsiyu Nov 2014 #60

Does everyone here realize that she very likely was voting R? Travelman Nov 2014 #62

We're Democrats Tsiyu Nov 2014 #63

No, I'm not. Travelman Nov 2014 #65

i see n/t Tsiyu Nov 2014 #66

EVERYONE has a right to vote theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #64