There is a long and sordid history here in the US of preventing formerly enslaved people from voting using various tactics some of which would be classified as

There is a long and sordid history here in the US of preventing formerly enslaved people from voting using various tactics some of which would be classified as terrorism today: lynching, public humiliation, violent/death threats, bombings, poll taxes, poll testing, among a few. Leaders of groups registering Black citizens to vote were targeted and assassinated, many involved were beaten and sometimes maimed by local law enforcement. This is the historical context in which ID voting requirements have been imposed. Often, ID facilities are deliberately under-resourced and placed out of reach of economically disadvantaged communities. You typically need a functioning vehicle, gas and to wait a (sometimes significant) amount of time on a workday during working hours to get an ID. The same tactics are used with polling places themselves. During the very last Presidential election, the Texas governor limited facilities to only one ballot dropoff location per county[1], the largest of which needed to serve 4 million people. 1. https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54380684 https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54380684