The Republican campaign of voter suppression — voter ID laws, closures of polling places, voter purges — is normally aimed at making it harder for people of color to vote, in the hopes of preserving Republicans’ white-minority rule for as long as possible.
So, you might ask, why is it that over 200,000 trans people lack correct IDs?
And then, if a trans person shows up at a polling station, they can be turned away entirely if they lack a proper ID. Now, some people might say these problems are just an unfortunate side-effect of a policy necessary to prevent voter fraud.
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