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Questions
1. What do you think is the point of Michael Ramirez’s cartoon?
2. Do you agree with the cartoonist’s intended meaning? Explain your answer.
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Answers
1. Cartoonist Michael Ramirez points out that people have no problem showing ID in the many places they are required to do so, so it is ridiculous to claim a person’s right to vote is being blocked (suppressed) by asking them to show ID at the polls.
2. Opinion question. Answers vary.
Watch a Video – Photo ID and voting:
(from our Election Resources page “Voting Issue #4 – Voting ID Laws“)