Transgender 260,000 people may have difficulty voting in presidential election U.S. university March 6 at 16:47
As the campaign for the U.S. presidential election accelerates, U.S. universities have issued proof of identity for approximately 260,000 transgender voters who do not have the same gender as their body. Here's a summary of the findings that your gender and name may not be able to vote because they look different.
This was compiled by a policy research institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law at UCLA.
It shows that approximately 380,000 transgender voters do not have a certificate whose current gender or name matches their appearance.
In the United States, in order to prevent voting fraud, 35 of the 50 states have asked for a certificate to verify that the person who came to the ballot is on the voter list. Strict rules such as Georgia and Indiana do not allow voting unless they match the photo on the certificate.
Approximately 260,000 of those who do not have a certificate that reflects their current gender and name live in these 35 states, with inconsistent information and a risk of being unable to vote.
According to a survey, it is difficult to predict how election officials will respond at polling places, and transgender people have been disgusted when presenting certificates that do not match their appearance Say more than 30%.
Election law experts have analyzed that `` if transgender people are rejected, they may be more conservative than Democrats in Republican candidates, '' and these rules are the result of the presidential election. Has also been pointed out.