It goes back to Civil Rights era activities and the Voters Rights Act. It's been slow ratchet effect of constantly changing requirements. First they require ID

It goes back to Civil Rights era activities and the Voters Rights Act. It's been slow ratchet effect of constantly changing requirements. First they require ID even if you are a registered voter. On the surface this isn't so bad. Then they only accept certain forms of ID. The accepted forms of ID are only available from certain departmental offices, like the DMV. Those offices have their own ID requirements to get their acceptable ID. They also are understaffed with limited office hours (10-4PM and 2 hours lunch). Due to budget cuts they also have fewer offices that can create your ID. So the simple act of voting becomes a catch-22 of needing ID but not being able to even get ID.