I just voted in Bloomington, Indiana. It was a pleasure, a perk of privilege. Using my passport as the required ID, I noticed that its signature was matched against my signature on the voter registration form I filled out last summer, which was matched against the signature I made in the voting book as I went through the line. The picture on my passport, from only two years ago, raised no questions of resemblance.
So I'm lucky: I have traveled overseas so I have my up to date government ID, and I live in a precinct where there are short lines and friendly poll workers.
The stories around the country of long lines, "True the Vote" challenges against legitimate voters, threatening phone calls and bill boards, and other strategies of voter suppression fill me with rage. It becomes clear that our top priority has to be access to voting and the information that is the foundation of a functioning democracy.
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