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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: 4, Informative) by HiThere on Saturday April 28 2018, @05:08PM
I disagree. Most DMV places near where I live are inaccessible unless you drive in. They're also only by appointment. And it can take months to get an appointment. Also, taxis aren't reliably on time. I don't know what happens if you show up late for the appointment.
So you're drastically underrating the difficulty of getting a DMV card unless you have a driver in the family. Even then, when I wanted to get my state ID card I went to an office out in the suburbs, because it was so much quicker, but that depended on my late wife driving me there. And out in the suburbs I didn't even need an appointment. I've used the DMV offices in the city once, and accompanied someone using them once. With handicapped priority it only took them half an hour to be served. At the suburban office without an appointment, and with no special priority, I waited about 10 minutes.
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