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State ID Laws Could Decimate Trans Voting Power
Over 160 state bills across the country have been proposed that will directly affect and restrict trans rights, with restrictions extending all the way to the voting booth, the American Civil Liberties Union warns.“People who might be inclined to harass marginalized voters at the polls are more aware of trans people’s existence,” Olivia Hunt, the policy director at the National Center for Transgender Equality, told NBC News. “So I expect that we’re going to hear more stories of trans people being harassed, whether by voters, poll workers, poll monitors or other folks who are present during the election.”The National Conference of State Legislatures says that the majority of states require a voter to show identification for 2022’s election, while eight of them have strict photo ID laws, i.e., only a government issued ID will satisfy.