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Voter guide available for Idahoans who might face barriers at polls

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Monday, November 4, 2024   

Election Day is tomorrow and resources are available for people who might face challenges at the polls in Idaho.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho has created a guide for people who are unsure about their voting rights, such as transgender people, people with criminal convictions and people experiencing homelessness.

Rebecca De León, communications director for the ACLU of Idaho, said it creates a new guide every year to reflect changes in the law. She said there are some big changes this year.

"University students can no longer use their student ID to register to vote," said De León, "and another big change has been transgender people now have a harder time changing their gender marker, and updating their identification so that it looks like them."

De León noted that for transgender people with voter registration and IDs that match, they should have no problem at the polls.

If they need to re-register at the polls with their new name, they can do that on Election Day with proof of residency.

They might need a Personal Identification Affidavit if their presentation and ID gender markers don't match, and they would have needed to register to vote before Election Day.

De León encouraged people who have issues at the polls to call ACLU of Idaho's hotline at 1-800-542-4737.

De León noted that people with disabilities have a right to access their local polling place.

"Each polling place should be prepared to accommodate for anybody with disabilities, whether it be visual or auditory, whether you use a wheelchair," said De León. "All of the polling stations should be accessible."

De León also said that people convicted of a misdemeanor never lose their right to vote in Idaho, and people with felony convictions have the right to vote automatically restored once they've completed their sentences - including things like probation and parole.

She said people experiencing homelessness can vote too, and says there are simple ways to register.

"If you are homeless, you can use a shelter that you frequent, you can use that address as your address," said De León. "And if there is not a shelter that you frequent, you can actually also just put the cross streets where you normally sleep. That is acceptable as well."

People can still register at their polling place on Election Day in Idaho. The ACLU of Idaho's election day hotline will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain Time.




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