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Wisconsin-style tactics come to Kentucky.
By Ian Millhiser Apr 15, 2020, 1:50 pm EDT
Kentuckys heavily Republican legislature voted Tuesday to require voters to show a government-issued photo ID, overriding Democratic Gov. Andy Beshears veto in the process.
Meanwhile, if a Kentucky voter heads to the states webpage hoping to learn how to obtain such an ID, they will encounter a message telling them ID-issuing offices are closed.
Strict voter ID laws are increasingly common in Republican-controlled states, and left-leaning groups like students, low-income voters, and voters of color are especially less likely to have the ID that these laws require. Although voter IDs policy proponents often argue that the measure is necessary to combat voter fraud at the polls, such fraud is so rare that it is virtually nonexistent.
While voter ID laws, at best, are a solution in search of a problem, Kentuckys new law could prove to be a particularly potent attack on the right to vote during a pandemic.
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/15/21222084/kentucky-voter-id-coronavirus-pandemic
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