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That isn't quite true -- Raleigh (Wake county) is pretty reliably blue as are large parts of northeastern NC (which is about as rural as it gets). Also, a gentle reminder that square miles don't get to vote -- people do.

Voter ID laws are consistently shown to disadvantage poor minority voters -- especially when coupled with the strategic closure of DMV offices and an increase in fees -- as surprise we've seen here in NC.

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Not that I disagree, but I think states that require IDs for voting are required to give non-driving IDs away for free. The trouble is getting to the office in the first place.

And being able to produce the qualifying documents for the ID. There’s a non-trivial number of people (usually older, lower income) that do not possess, nor have ever needed to possess before, a birth certificate.

Hell, I was one of those people before I needed to get a passport (I guess I had it when I got my first DL, but it must have been with my dad or something). Thank god Oregon will mail one to you easily, if I was Californian the process would have been in for much more hurt (as I found out with my son!).

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