New Voter ID Affecting Seniors.

The new voter ID laws that are being passed in a number of states may be disenfranchising many senior voters. The laws, purportedly enacted to prevent voter fraud, require voters to have a government-issued photo identification card — something nearly one in five seniors lack, according to a study. Voter ID card laws have been generating a lot of controversy this election year. Over the past year and a half, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee have enacted voter ID laws. Meanwhile, the U.S. Justice Department has put laws in Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas on hold, and a federal…

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