I'm not sure if this is in the correct thread because the conversations in 3 threads are all along the same lines.

The Voter registration issues.
Ivy and F1 bring up a key common sense point. If you are an adult in America, you should possess and carry government issued I.D. everyday.

The cases that Oli and Helen brought up, are clear examples of politically driven shenanigans meant to discourage people from voting though.

This is another one

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/us/cri...rules.html?_r=2


Now, these types of tricks and changes are normally par for the course in an election year, but given the history of the jim crow voting "restrictions" in the South, impossible to ignore the racial element of these modern day tricks.