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1. over 12 years ago on The Knight Life

   It’s a big deal because the people passing these laws also make it difficult to get the needed IDs. Issuing offices are few and far between, often located in places hard to get without a car (and presumably people without a driver’s license can’t drive). They demand documentation that an elderly, poor person might have difficulty getting (do you have a copy of your birth certificate lying around? Most people don’t, and might not know how to get one.) Political scientists estimate that for every illegal vote prevented by these laws, thousands of legitimate voters will be unable to vote. It’s vote suppression, pure and simple.