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philipsain: Congratulations to Viviette Applewhite! Applewhite, who is 93 and uses a wheelchair, is the lead plaintiff in the challenge to Pennsylvania’s voter ID law finally got her voter ID. You may be unaware of the situation, but the voter ID law now requires voters to show a valid driver’s license or other forms of identification in order to be able to vote. Now, this may not be a big deal to you because you may reside in a state like myself where we’ve always had to show proof of identification in order to vote. However, there are elderly men and women in Pennsylvania who cannot obtain necessary ID because they were born in the Jim Crow South, where states have no records of their births. Applewhite says she has voted since 1960, when she cast her first presidential ballot for John F. Kennedy. She doesn’t have a driver’s license and since she has been unable to obtain a birth certificate from the state. In May, Applewhite said, she will not meet the law’s requirements and therefore will be barred from voting in the Nov. 6 presidential election. Today, that has changed as she was able to obtain a temporary ID card. A permanent one will be mailed to her within 15 days. YOUNG WORLD let’s support the ACLU and NAACP in challenging Pennsylvania’s new law so that whether you’re a democrat or republican, we can participate in a fair presidential election. sorry OP, I bolded the points that stood out the most to me in this piece.

philipsain:

Congratulations to Viviette Applewhite! Applewhite, who is 93 and uses a wheelchair, is the lead plaintiff in the challenge to Pennsylvania’s voter ID law finally got her voter ID. You may be unaware of the situation, but the voter ID law now requires voters to show a valid driver’s license or other forms of identification in order to be able to vote. Now, this may not be a big deal to you because you may reside in a state like myself where we’ve always had to show proof of identification in order to vote. However, there are elderly men and women in Pennsylvania who cannot obtain necessary ID because they were born in the Jim Crow South, where states have no records of their births.

Applewhite says she has voted since 1960, when she cast her first presidential ballot for John F. Kennedy. She doesn’t have a driver’s license and since she has been unable to obtain a birth certificate from the state. In May, Applewhite said, she will not meet the law’s requirements and therefore will be barred from voting in the Nov. 6 presidential election. Today, that has changed as she was able to obtain a temporary ID card. A permanent one will be mailed to her within 15 days.

YOUNG WORLD let’s support the ACLU and NAACP in challenging Pennsylvania’s new law so that whether you’re a democrat or republican, we can participate in a fair presidential election.

sorry OP, I bolded the points that stood out the most to me in this piece.

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    Everybody who is of legal voting age should be able to vote. I am getting really sick and tired of this police state BS...
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    sorry OP, I bolded the points that stood out the most to me in this piece.
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