Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses

unmagical@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• brad_troika@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How?

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  • unmagical@lemmy.ml ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    • Voter ID requirements
    • ID card costs

    They just effectively expired all trans Kansan drivers licenses. If they want to drive or use their drivers licenses as an ID they need to pay about $30 to get a new one.

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  • zikzak025@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Kansas requires voters to present a state-issued form of ID to be able to vote, which is almost always going to be a driver’s license or a state ID, both of which are affected by this change. If the license/ID is invalidated, no ability to vote.

    Given that midterms are coming up, this could easily be seen as a deliberate move to disenfranchise members of the trans community from having a voice at a key moment in politics.

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    • brad_troika@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I assumed from the letter that by issuing a new licence they mean they give you a new one for free but according to news articles they will not.

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  • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The SAVE Act will make it harder to vote if your documentation doesn’t match your birth certificate. (article is from last year, but the bill just now passed the House I believe.)

    It costs money to get a drivers license replaced.

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