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Although the Secretary of State has said that the offices of the county boards of registrars and a \u201cmobile voter ID van\u201d can service the population, there can be no argument that these closures are yet another barrier\u00a0to those seeking to exercise their right to\u00a0vote.<\/p>\n<p>Following the 2013 Supreme Court ruling in\u00a0<em>Shelby v. Holder<\/em>, which gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/alabama\/goto\/https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/news\/2013\/06\/25\/supreme-court-decision-guts-key-provisions-voting-rights-act-opens-door-new-forms\"  >we wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While 40 percent of the white voting public cast their ballots for a black president nationwide, only 15 percent of white voters did so in Alabama. And as Justice Ginsburg pointed out in her dissent, there are still Alabama legislators who talk openly about suppressing the black vote and refer to black voters as \u201caborigines.\u201d Freed by the Supreme Court from the protections for minority voters that Congress envisioned, one can only imagine what these kinds of legislators will think of next.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The closure of these important\u00a0driver\u2019s license offices is exactly\u00a0what the state thought of next. Alabama can only be this cavalier because we no longer have the strong protections of the VRA\u2014and that\u2019s why we urgently need to restore it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_645\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"645\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/sexoffenderonestopresource.com\/alabama\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planned DMV closures in Alabama adds urgency to push to restore the Voting Rights Act | Southern Poverty Law Center This week the state of Alabama, which requires a photo ID to vote, announced that it would be closing driver\u2019s license offices in 31 locations. 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