"Data Proves NC’s Voter ID Law Declares War on Women’s Votes"

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Data Proves NC’s Voter ID Law Declares War on Women’s Votes

by Adalia Woodbury at Politicus USA

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/08/27/data-proves-ncs-voter-id-law-war-womens-votes.html

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Republicans long for the days when “nice” women and minorities “didn’t want” the vote.

According to figures compiled by the Brennan Justice Center, only 66% of voting age women nationwide have ready access to documents that prove their citizenship and is in their current legal name.

The reason why is pretty straightforward. When women marry or divorce, they change their surname. This means that ID which proves their citizenship and their new legal name won’t match. That leaves women’s votes vulnerable to challenges.

If we go by the 2000 census, that means 32 million women may have access to documents that prove their citizenship – but those documents are not in their current legal name.



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