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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 28 2018, @09:13PM
In my state
If your state doesn't require a -specific- type of ID to vote, then they've only gone halfway with the election rigging.
a student ID
Many (Red) states don't accept those--even if they are issued by state-run schools.
Oddly enough (or maybe not), those states accept a gun permit as ID.
at the DMV office
Several states have closed down numerous DMV offices--not coincidentally, in the "Black Belt".
Others states have restricted the days ands hours such DMV offices are open.
People who don't have a driver's license obviously need someone to drive them to the DMV.
(The remaining offices are hours away and are only open during working hours.)
a provisional ballot
People in the know call that a "placebo ballot".
Federal law says those have to be offered.
The law says nothing about actually counting them.
the laws are designed to...
...limit voting by non-Republicans. Full stop.
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North Dakota, besides having a public bank that weathered The Great Depression very well (in contrast to the private banks in the other 47 states) and has stood up again through the Bush-Obama-Trump Depression (in contrast to the private banks in the other 49 states), also does elections right.
They have no voter registration. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [westfargond.gov]
Again, in contrast to the other 49. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [afsa.org]
N.B. Do note especially the (mostly Red) states that make their registration instructions purposely complicated.
In North Dakota, no ID is even needed.
Just find someone who will vouch for you and cast your ballot by mail. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [nd.gov]
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