Abby Phillips: 21.3 Million Americans Don’t Have Proof of Citizenship Readily Available
EXCERPT:
PHILLIP: "There‘s real substance here. I mean, you mentioned maybe younger voters, even voters of color, but actually there‘s also concerns that a lot of rural voters might be disenfranchized by this. And in general, more than 9%, according to the Brennan Center analysis, 9% of American citizens of voting age, 21.3 million people don‘t have proof of citizenship readily available. At least 3.8 million don‘t have these documents at all because they were lost, destroyed, or stolen. Over 8% of self-identified white Americans don‘t have citizenship documents readily available. A large percentage of Americans don‘t have passports, many of them in red states. So, I mean, I get the idea that Republicans think that this is, like, a one-up on voter I.D., but it could also be something that kind of is like the door slamming them right back in the face."




