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On the recordOctober 16, 2019
After the 2013 decision in Shelby and after Alabama imposed its restrictive photo law, which no longer allowed a validly issued Federal ID, a Social Security card, to be presented to show proof of who you were in order to get your ballot, he had a hard time getting a photo ID.
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama

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Sewell shares her father's struggle with voter ID laws post-Shelby decision.

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