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The Center for American Progress reports
As residents of Arizona's eighth congressional district cast ballots in a special election to replace former Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) in Congress, roughly 140,000 of them may be unaware they are eligible to vote because they did not receive the ID card the county is required to send them after they register.
According to the Arizona Republic, Maricopa County officials have not sent all voters the cards they can use to cast a ballot under Arizona's voter ID law because of an issue with the company used to print the materials. The paper reports that just 60,000 ID cards have been mailed to people who recently registered or changed their registration, while about 140,000 have not been sent.
[...] Arizona was one of the first states in the country to enact a non-photo voter ID law when a ballot measure was approved by voters[1] in November 2004. Under the law, the state must take steps to ensure that all eligible voters have an acceptable form of ID. According to the secretary of state's office[PDF], "a county recorder must issue a voter ID card to any new registrant or an existing registrant who updates his or her name, address, or political party preference".
But because of an error by the company used to print the ID cards, they have not been mailed out since December.
Although these citizens could provide other forms of ID at the polls, some voters told the Arizona Republic they're concerned that less informed voters may not realize they are registered without the card.
[...] During the presidential primary in March 2016, some Maricopa County voters waited in line for up to five hours to cast a ballot. The chaos led to an investigation by the Department of Justice and numerous lawsuits, including one filed by the Democratic National Committee.
Before the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, Arizona was required to pre-clear any changes to its voting law with the DOJ.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 30 2018, @04:57PM
Ah, so you're saying black people can't overcome exactly the same inconveniences that every other racial group in the nation does? Glad we cleared that up.
As for equation to a poll tax, that's ludicrous. In fact, the poorer they are the more likely they are to already have an ID. You can't sign up for government handouts without one and you can't cash the resulting checks without one either.
Can you say "working as intended" then?
That would be a valid argument if both claims made in it weren't patently false. Zero-reward would require that their vote not be counted for the candidate they favor. And, no, you will not be "immediately caught" or even caught at all if you vote in a different polling place than the actual person, given the situation of using someone else's name. To my knowledge there currently are no setups in the US where it's even possible to check that someone hasn't voted in another polling place already. I'm fairly certain it will remain this way too, given that every single attempt to eliminate voter fraud causes Democrats to go absolutely ape-shit.
Having no business holding office in one would exclude roughly 100% of all elected officials. Now I have no problem with excluding them on these grounds but you can't be partisan about excluding authoritarian asshats who are just in it for the money and power.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.