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No. The discriminatory nature of laws like this work on statistics. While something like a drivers license with a street address isn’t discrimanatory per se, w
by jonathankoren 8y ago
No. The discriminatory nature of laws like this work on statistics. While something like a drivers license with a street address isn’t discrimanatory per se, when you look at the groups that are adversely effected and how those groups correlate with voting preferences, a pattern emerges.
For instance, the lack of a street address in North Dakota pretty much only effects those living on an Indian reservation
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/native-americans-north-dakota-fight-protect-voting-rights/story?id=58585206 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/native-americans-north-dakot...
Say you need a state issue I’d, but then limit access to those ids in specific areas, as Alabama did in 2015.
http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/01/as_it_turns_out_bentleys_drive.html http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/01/as_it_turns_out_...
In Texas, researchers ran an an analysis of where these laws have the most impact and found that the largest contributing factor to predicting disenfranchisement was race.
https://www.wired.com/story/voter-id-law-algorithm/ https://www.wired.com/story/voter-id-law-algorithm/