How Voter ID Laws Impact Transgender People (Care2)
The passage of strict voter ID laws has been widely discussed for their impact on black and Latino voters, elderly and student voters, women and those with low incomes. As many as five million people have been estimated as likely to lose their voting rights because of the laws.
But there is another impacted group: transgender people.
A new report, ‘The Potential Impact of Voter Identification Laws on Transgender Voters‘ [PDF], by the Williams Institute at UCLA’s law school, says that up to 25,000 transgender Americans could be effected.
Transgender citizens have everyday problems obtaining and updating any identification cards — and this includes when they have to deal with the government.
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