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2016 Postmortem

Princess Turandot

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5. Several of these laws provide for free ID. The problem is what they require...

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 1, 2016, 08:22 PM

Aug 2016

as the documentation to get that 'free ID' can be limited and difficult to acquire, especially for older/poorer voters. (That's one of the things that the judges in the recent decisions have also noted.) For example, a small variation in the spelling of a name from what a person uses currently, to what a 70 year old birth record might say, would disqualify someone from getting a birth certificate copy and thus the free ID in some states.

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4th Circuit case-“In voter ID case, GOP leader says ‘Daily Show’ source a ‘pain in the …’” [View all] Gothmog Aug 2016 OP

K&R! DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #1

They're as dumb as Trump, aren't they? randome Aug 2016 #2

Jon Stewart and CREW? Pat yourselves on the back! TheDebbieDee Aug 2016 #3

I am not a lawyer Chasstev365 Aug 2016 #4

Several of these laws provide for free ID. The problem is what they require... Princess Turandot Aug 2016 #5

It is not cheap to get these free ids Gothmog Aug 2016 #6

Here's the Daily Show segment. DanTex Aug 2016 #7