Voter Disenfranchisement
Posted February 9, 2012 by Mandy Smith in Advocacy
This request for information is from the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri. They are working to protect our right to vote freely. Data shows that people with disabilities, people living in poverty, and minorities are kept from voting when laws such as the ones Kansas has passed are applied. Please review this information and contact the ACLU if the criteria applies to you.
DON’T BE FOOLED – YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TO PAY A DIME TO VOTE!
Starting this year, Kansas voters need to have photo ID in order to vote. The list of accepted IDs includes: driver’s licenses, state ID cards, concealed carry handgun licenses, U.S. passports, employee IDs, military IDs, Kansas postsecondary student IDs, and welfare ID cards. If you or someone you know is struggling to get an accepted form of photo ID, please call us at 816-994-3315, especially if:
- You were born in a state other than Kansas, lack all of the above IDs, and do not have a certified copy of your birth certificate. If so, you’ll have to spend money to vote and that’s unfair and unconstitutional.
- You lack all of the above IDs and are being forced to spend money on a marriage certificate or other document in order to obtain a Kansas ID card.
- You lack all of the above IDs, but have a tribal ID.
