The research is clear: Strict requirements would disenfranchise Missourians

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a paper today analyzing who would be affected by the proposed changes to Missouri's Constitution. Read the paper here: http://www.cbpp.org/5-15-08citdoc.htm

"the estimated 238,000 Missourians who lack these documents would include:

• more than 90,000 rural residents;

• 70,000 low-income residents;

• 50,000 residents without a high school diploma;

• 50,000 elderly residents; and

• 40,000 African Americans."