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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just give me a reasonable example of someone who can’t get an ID[/quote]

“If Janice Franklin has an extra $10 to spare, she’s not thinking about using it to buy a photo identification so she can vote.

“If I get $10 in my hand, I’m going to get a prescription or food because I probably had to hold off to pay the light bill,” she said.

Franklin is in her 60s; she has a disability, can’t work and lives in Charlotte with her two sons. She doesn’t drive and she doesn’t have reliable transportation.

She’s told her story before – her vote wasn’t counted in the 2016 primary because of voter ID restrictions in North Carolina. She had filled out two forms and used her social security card at the time, but it wasn’t enough.

But she’s still angry, and with a constitutional amendment looming that could require photo IDs to vote all over again, she wants North Carolinians to know that getting one isn’t as easy as it may seem.

“It’s not that we can’t do it,” Franklin said of getting an ID. “It’s that we ain’t going to do it when $10 is all we got.”

Franklin finally has her ID, but it took her three months to save up for it and the bus fare it took to go get it. She’s since voted in more elections, but the experience of voting and then finding out that vote didn’t count has tainted her opinion of the system.”
https://ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/11/north-carolinians-highlight-struggles-getting-photo-ids-ahead-of-amendment-vote/[/quote]

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