The first state law requiring voters to show identification at the polls came soon after in 2003, in the state of Alabama. ... The ideas of those who question the legitimacy of voter ID laws are not a mere conspiracy theory, but instead are actually supported by history. The United States has a history of restricting the rights of certain groups to vote. ...

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At the beginning of our national history, it was written in our earliest state and national constitutions that "all men are born free and equal, and have natural, essential, and unalienable rights." Over time, the phrase "all men" began to be defined as "all men," meaning mankind, a word including w...

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