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Title: Voter ID May Affect Trans Citizens
Post by: Natasha on June 23, 2011, 05:16:44 PM
Post by: Natasha on June 23, 2011, 05:16:44 PM
Voter ID May Affect Trans Citizens
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/23/Voter_ID_May_Affect_Trans_Citizens/ (http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/23/Voter_ID_May_Affect_Trans_Citizens/)
6/23/11
By Trudy Ring
As new requirements for voter identification are debated in state legislatures around the country, concerns are being raised that these requirements may discourage voting by certain groups of citizens — including transgender people.
Shula Asher Silberstein, a contributor to Gather.com, writes that a proposed Pennsylvania law requiring all voters to present a photo ID at their polling places could disenfranchise transgender people.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/23/Voter_ID_May_Affect_Trans_Citizens/ (http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/23/Voter_ID_May_Affect_Trans_Citizens/)
6/23/11
By Trudy Ring
As new requirements for voter identification are debated in state legislatures around the country, concerns are being raised that these requirements may discourage voting by certain groups of citizens — including transgender people.
Shula Asher Silberstein, a contributor to Gather.com, writes that a proposed Pennsylvania law requiring all voters to present a photo ID at their polling places could disenfranchise transgender people.