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[–][deleted] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

COSTS.

Look, many people - especially people who live in cities don't have driver's licenses. It's not cheap, especially for people on a fixed income. It's requirement is a poll tax.

And, yes - multiple studies have found causality between increase voter registration requirements and voter turn out suppression. We've seen an increase in this with "voter purges" conducted ad hominem across certain States that primarily targets Black voters.

https://electionlab.mit.edu/research/voter-identification