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Why you should care.(OUT FRONT.)(on requiring voters to present IDs when voting)
I keep hearing people say "Why shouldn't a voter be required to show ID at the polls? After all, I have to show ID to cash a check at the grocery store."
League members, everywhere, please, please help me explain to the public why an ID requirement for voters is a BARRIER to voting for many citizens.
No, an ID requirement doesn't adversely affect me and it probably doesn't adversely affect you. I drive a car; I have a passport; I cash personal checks; I fly on airplanes. I have my own business and I can drive to the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) for an ID any time I want without getting permission from my boss. I use a computer and a telephone, so I can easily find out what hours the MVD is open and its location. I am young (relatively) and healthy (so far), own a car (gas-guzzler), and can easily get to the MVD without assistance.
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But, you know something interesting--there are approximately 11 million eligible voters in this country who don't possess a photo ID, and most of them can't easily get one! Who are they?
* 18 percent of Americans over 65 (6 million) don't have a photo ID and the percentage goes way up for those over 75 years of age.
* 25 percent of African Americans don't have a photo ID.
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- Press release article from: Business Wire March 13, 1997 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire May 20, 1997 700+ words
...DataCard Corporation introduced a digital photo ID system today at CardTech/SecurTech...new DataCard(R) ID Express(TM) photo ID system makes secure, digital photo...rely on our high-volume digital photo ID solutions for a variety of mission...
- DataCard Expands Distribution of Digital Photo ID Solutions with New...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 5, 1998 700+ words
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- Avery Dennison Builds Innovative Digital Photo ID Solution Using Macromedia...
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- Photo ID now a must to vote: Mich. opponents: it's discrimination.
- News wire article from: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) Bell, Dawson July 19, 2007 700+ words
...requires prospective voters to produce photo ID at polling stations, comparing it...said people could vote without the photo ID if they sign an affidavit saying they...integrity of elections -- when the photo ID requirement was enacted. It also...
- Voter Photo ID Tabled: Bill Would Require Proof of Identity To Cast Ballot.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire February 20, 2009 700+ words
...require New Mexico voters to show a photo ID before casting a ballot was tabled...and that requiring voters to show photo ID would help prevent it. Democrats...rare -- and they add that requiring photo ID would disenfranchise some voters...
- Court Reinstates City's Law on Voter Photo ID.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 18, 2008 700+ words
...Albuquerque voters should bring a photo ID to the polls next year. Thanks to...states can require voters to show photo ID without violating their rights. City...municipality in New Mexico with a photo ID rule. The reversal "is very welcome...
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- News wire article from: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA) July 1, 2006 700+ words
...voters to show a government-issued photo ID to cast a ballot. Election officials statewide began issuing free photo ID cards Friday to registered voters...driver's license or a nondriver photo ID, the most common forms of identification...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 24, 2002 700+ words
...expediting the issuance of secure photo ID badges from remote locations. Zeosoft...integrates with existing electronic photo ID Badging Solutions to facilitate the...creation and issuance of access control photo ID badges from off-site or remote field...
Source: HighBeam Research, Why you should care.(OUT FRONT.)(on requiring voters to present IDs...