From the Institute for Southern Studies:
As Republican lawmakers have pushed through voter ID bills across the South and country, one of the strongest objections has come from voting rights groups that argue many people don't have the photo IDs required under the new laws.
Nationally, the Brennan Center for Justice estimates that about 11 percent of eligible voters don't have the kinds of ID needed to vote under the measures.
The response has been for states to offer programs to provide free IDs to those who lack them. Such efforts are often costly: Last year, Virginia spent $2 million for education and providing ID cards under a law that's more lenient than most states'.
http://www.southernstudies.org/2013/03/tennessee-reveals-shortfalls-in-efforts-to-remove-barriers-created-by-voter-id-laws.html">Read the rest of the story.
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