"Transgender people face unique obstacles to obtaining identity documents (IDs) that match their gender identity," the report explains. "Identity documents that do not match one's gender, such as a person's name or gender marker, create obstacles to participating in many facets of public life, including voting."
About 433,200 voting-eligible transgender people live in 33 states that have a voter ID law. Nearly half of them (210,800) do not have an ID that correctly reflects their name and/or gender. Of those in states with voter ID requirements, 91,300 live in the states with the "strictest voter ID laws," which the report classifies as "photo ID required with few or no alternatives available."
Report co-author Jody L. Herman, Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the Williams Institute, said that in order to "improve voting access for transgender individuals," states must begin by "revising voter ID laws, simplifying and making the process of obtaining identification less onerous."
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