Little demand for voter ID cards, but some hit obstacles

Election identification certificates provide free solution to quandary

November 2, 2014 | Updated: November 4, 2014 12:18pm

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Melissa Phillip, Staff

Delrick Brown leaves the Election Identification Certificates station at Holman Street Baptist Church after being told he needed more documents to get a photo ID to vote Tuesday.

By Karen Chen

November 2, 2014 | Updated: November 4, 2014 12:18pm

Every document Casper Pryor could think of that bore his name was folded in the back pocket of his jeans. But sitting on a curb Thursday, a can of Sprite in hand, Pryor wasn't sure whether those papers and the hour-long bus ride he had taken to get to Holman Street would result in a crucial new piece of ID. An ID that would allow the 33-year-old Houston native to vote.

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