A new report from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law warns that 210,800 transgender people in the U.S. could face barriers to casting their ballots because of voter ID laws—an all-time high in the 12 years the institute has been researching the issue. The study authors, as well as transgender rights advocates, say they are not surprised that potential disenfranchisement is on the rise as voter ID laws become more common and more strict while transgender voters are less likely to have accurate IDs or IDs at all.
