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🧵 Do Americans know what they’re getting with Trump’s crusade to require proof of citizenship to vote? It’s not as simple as showing a photo ID. Here’s what you need to know👇

(2/9) Republicans keep peddling the claim that proving citizenship at the polls is not a big deal. But there are only two documents that do so for someone born in the United States: an unexpired passport or an original or certified copy of a birth certificate.

(4/9) Only about half of Americans even have a passport. And Black Americans have much lower rates of holding passports than White Americans. This is not a coincidence. This is a way for Trump to disadvantage one of the most loyal groups of Democratic voters.

(5/9) Not everyone in the U.S. has a birth certificate, either. Older voters are less likely to have been born in a hospital, where they would have received an official birth certificate. And older Black voters who were born in the Jim Crow South were oftentimes excluded from hospitals.

(6/9) Even for those who do have a birth certificate, it may not be enough. The majority of women in heterosexual marriages have changed their last name. This means the name on their birth certificate won’t match their current name, and that document can’t be used to prove citizenship.