96-Year-Old Tennessee Woman Denied Voter ID

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96-year-old Dorothy Cooper has been voting for about as long as she can remember.

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Jacobi131 - 10/6/2011 5:37 PM

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Why doesn't someone volunteer to help her get the necessary documents so she can continue to vote. Where are the GOOD samaritans who know how to do this quickly in this internet age?

DBear - 10/5/2011 6:21 PM

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This another example of Republican controlled state houses changing the rules for voting. This nothing but another form of a poll tax. These new rules disproportionally affect the poor, people of color, and students who are likely to vote Democrat. All these new voting laws go directly against what this country should be advocating; full participation in the democratic process. This woman has voted in every election since she was 18 years old.

mytown - 10/5/2011 4:42 PM

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I'm astounded. Don't know whether to be angry or call 'foul ball' or what to do. How in the name of sanity did this story make it this far? A green reporter? An editor away on vacation?

deannc41 - 10/5/2011 3:11 PM

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Misleading title as usual. She was denied a Voter ID because she didn't present the proper identification, NOT as implied by the title that it had to do with her age!!