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Andy Beshear: “There's documentation that is not easy to have like a Social…”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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Gov. Andy Beshear - Team Kentucky Update 04.15.26

Published | Video Starts at 37:13

The different Voting Rights act have opened it up, have tried to say that this is one of the most important parts of our Constitution and citizenship and we should make it safe and secure to vote, but we shouldn't make it hard. And There's documentation that is not easy to have like a Social Security card, like a benefits card that you've got to go through a whole lot to get that suddenly they're saying is not enough to vote. I believe they're secure. I believe that we shouldn't be turning people away from the polls and just to eliminate things that are in place that we have not seen anybody take advantage of as wrong. (37:13–37:26)

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Asserts that certain documentation, like Social Security cards, is being deemed insufficient for voting.

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