One aspect of the problem is that voting involves more stringent ID checks than you might normally encounter in everyday life. You might think you have an ID t

One aspect of the problem is that voting involves more stringent ID checks than you might normally encounter in everyday life. You might think you have an ID that's good enough for driving or buying alcohol, but you can be turned away at the polls if it expired a few days ago and you haven't had a chance to take time off work to get it renewed. Or if you moved recently and the address on your ID doesn't match your voter registration. Or if your name changed when you got married, but your ID still shows your former name. Yes, these problems are avoidable. But the process still disproportionately disenfranchises people who are less likely to be able to spend the time on getting them resolved before it's time to actually vote.