Some 378,000 transgender voters could face problems at the polls in 2020 due to voter ID laws, according to The Williams Institute at UCLA (via LogoTV)
that some 378,000 transgender voters could face problems at the polls in 2020 due to voter ID laws. Additionally, of the 965,000-plus trans adults eligible to vote this year, 81,000 live in states with strict voter ID laws .that casting her ballot is “always really intimidating.” The New Orleans, Louisiana-based activist was also awarded a microgrant from Trans Lifeline to cover the costs of her name change and updated ID after enduring years of discrimination while voting.
Owen, a fellow Trans Lifeline microgrant recipient living in Houston, Texas, has been luckier at the polls. “I would say that was one of the only instances where I had to show my ID where the person I gave it toBut the trans-masculine Texan says the barriers preventing other trans people from obtaining name changes and updated IDs are very really, “especially in the South.”
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