Voter ID law will take a major cut out of Alabama minority voting access in major election setback | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

These voter ID laws that have been passed all across the country by many Republican-controlled state legislatures have been an absolute joke. In many states, what they ultimately amount to is a poll tax. They’re yet another way for Republicans to rig elections by disenfranchising voters who typically don’t vote for Republicans. I’ll explain how this…

A group of African-American lawmakers on Friday blasted a decision by Alabama officials to shutter dozens of driver’s license offices, a move that disproportionately affects government ID services in black Democratic areas of the state. Given the state’s 2011 law that requires voters to show government-issued IDs before casting election ballots, closing the offices potentially disenfranchises…