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Voter ID linked to lower turnout in Wisconsin, other states; students, people of color, elderly most

With all of her necessary documentation, University of Wisconsin-Madison student Brooke Evans arrived at her polling place on Nov. 8, 2016, for the presidential election. But when poll workers examined her mailing address under the guidelines of the Wisconsin voter ID law enacted in 2015, the philosophy major initially was barred from voting due to confusion over her address.