[5] As of 2019, GLAD is running the "Pop-Up ID Project," which provides free legal representation to transgender residents of the six New England states for the purpose of updating their documents.
[6] In accordance with the Help America Vote Act, some states allow voters to use two forms of identification that only list name and address, such as a utility bill,[7] which alleviates the issue of having to change one's gender on a document.
[9] A post-operative male-to-female trans woman applied for a change of sex on her birth certificate through the Bureau of Vital Statistics in the New York City Health Department.
The application was ultimately denied and the Board of Health stated that "an individual born one sex cannot be changed for the reasons proposed by the request which was made to us.
The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy estimated that by requiring voters to present a government-issued photo ID at the polls, nine states may have disenfranchised over 25,000 transgender people in the November 2012 presidential election,[15] because poll workers are unlikely to have training on how to handle transgender people, and may erroneously suspect voter fraud.
[citation needed] A 2011 survey found that 16% of transgender people have reported being incarcerated at some point in their lives, compared to 2.7% of the general American population.
[17] People experiencing homelessness may face difficulties in voting, such as the ability to show proof of residency for an extended duration during the voter registration process.