In 2011, Alabama passed a strict voter ID law. Then, in 2015, Alabama closed DMVs in predominantly black counties, making it hard for black people to get IDs.

In 2011, Alabama passed a strict voter ID law. Then, in 2015, Alabama closed DMVs in predominantly black counties, making it hard for black people to get IDs. It took a federal probe to force Alabama to reverse the decision to close the DMVs. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/12/16767426/alabama-voter-suppression-senate-moore-jones https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/12/16767426/... Personally, I think we'd be better off with the vote-by-mail system that Oregon and Washington use.