Voter ID horror story: NC poll workers forced brown-skinned couple to take a ‘spelling test’

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30. Then why did the director of the state Board of Elections apologize and 'confirmed

that the poll workers only have to LOOK at the photo ID--there was no necessity for him to have to spell out his name.'

It was discrimination by race and country of origin which is against federal law.

My last name is two, hyphenated surnames that are fairly long and unusual. I've never been asked to speak, pronounce or spell my name or any other information on my ID when voting in elections.

<Raw Story article, end snip>
Ravindra added: “My wife and I couldn’t help but feel that we were singled out. The poll workers could have simply looked at our IDs and saved a lot of time. That in a sea of white faces at both polling stations my wife and I were the only brown-skinned individuals also led us to suspect that we were victims of racial prejudice. In these days of Trumpism and shameless xenophobia and other assorted phobias, we can’t be blamed if we are paranoid.”

>After this entire saga ended for both Ravindra and his wife, he called the state Board of Elections to lodge a complaint. The director apologized and confirmed to him that poll workers only have to look at the photo ID — there was no necessity for him to have to spell out his name.
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