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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Law - "South Carolina's new voter photo identification law appears to be hitting black precincts in the state the hardest"
An analysis by The Associated Press, reported by Jim Davenport in the Charleston SC Post and Courier, takes an in-depth look at the impact of South Carolina's new voter photo identification law. A quote:
[N]early half the voters who cast ballots at a historically black college in Columbia lack state-issued photo identification and could face problems voting in next year's presidential election, according to the analysis of precinct-level data provided by the State Election Commission.Really interesting story.The U.S. Justice Department has been reviewing the law for months under the federal Voting Rights Act.
South Carolina's photo identification law requires people to show a South Carolina driver's license or identification card, a military ID or passport when they vote. Without those forms of identification, they can still cast a provisional ballot or vote absentee.
The analysis shows that among the state's 2,134 precincts, there are 10 where nearly all of the law's affect falls on nonwhite voters who don't have a state- issued driver's license or ID card, a total of 1,977 voters.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 19, 2011 09:35 AM
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