Republicans have been pushing strict voter ID laws all over the country, disenfranchising thousands of low income, homeless, and elderly Americans, even though such laws address a problem that doesn't exist.
Take for instance this woman from McCain's home state of Arizona.
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- A 97-year-old Surprise woman who has voted in the past 19 presidential elections said she finds herself a casualty in the voter ID battle.
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Preiss was born in 1910 in Clinton, Ky., before birth certificates were issued. She said she no longer has a driver's license and never had a passport.
"You can see my mother's not a national threat," said her son Nathan Nemnich. "Been voting since 1932."
Nemnich produced the files documenting his attempts to get her registered.
"A delayed birth certificate," he said. "You have to have witnesses. Everybody's dead."
When the family tried to get school records from Tennessee, they found out the school no longer exists.
The League has set up an easy tool for letting your elected officials know you wont stand for these types of voter ID laws.
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