A current news story that relates to To Kill a Mockingbird is one about Voting ID laws in North Carolina. "Beginning in 2016, most voters will need to show acceptable photo ID at the polls," the official website reads. Acceptable forms of ID include a drivers license, state ID card, passport, veterans ID card, military ID card, or tribal ID card. This makes it virtually impossible for undocumented immigrants, people who don't drive or deposit checks, and many other groups of people, to vote or contribute to society in other ways. In TKAM, there are prejudices seen every day in Maycomb county. Whether that be big things, like Tom Robinson getting convicted without enough evidence or getting shot 17 times and dying after a few shots, to to things that happen every day, like Scout being looked down for being a girl, or wealth in Maycomb that affects social status and the way people treat each other.
There are obviously many things wrong with this. Voting is a right that EVERYONE should have, no matter it be if you're from a different city, state, country, or continent. Everyone in America came from somewhere else. Denying some people the right to do such a basic thing as vote is just wrong. I hope in a month, North Carolina's government decides to come to their senses.
I totally agree, creating these new rules about having picture ID is really just creating more obstacles for certain kinds of people to vote. This is clearly a way for the rich and more privileged people to be the majority of voters.
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