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Can’t speak for the UK/EU, but in the US, there’s a long history of state governments trying to disenfranchise minority voters, especially in the South where slavery was legal for longer. This was accomplished in the past with so-called “literacy tests,” and more recently by closing certain polling booths or understaffing them. Since millions of Americans don’t have IDs that fit strict standards, many see these voter-ID laws as another form of disenfranchisement.
Can’t speak for the UK/EU, but in the US, there’s a long history of state governments trying to disenfranchise minority voters, especially in the South where slavery was legal for longer. This was accomplished in the past with so-called “literacy tests,” and more recently by closing certain polling booths or understaffing them. Since millions of Americans don’t have IDs that fit strict standards, many see these voter-ID laws as another form of disenfranchisement.