Earlier this week, we at LGBTQ Nation asked our readers if they anticipated facing or had faced any barriers to voting. Most didn’t, and even more ended up voting either way.
87% of readers chose the option that said that “voting was a breeze” and didn’t face any barriers. Another 6% said that they did face some kind of barrier but that they were able to cast a ballot anyway.
Only 3% said that they faced a barrier that prevented them from casting a ballot, and the remaining 4% didn’t or couldn’t vote for another reason.
LGBTQ+ people face unique barriers to voting, and, as community media, many of our readers likely had their IDs challenged by poorly trained poll workers, IDs that may not have matched their gender presentation.
Voter restrictions like purges of voter rolls and restrictive voter ID laws can also prevent people from casting ballots that they are legally entitled to cast.
Check back on Monday for next week’s poll.