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Bellmead resident Ruby Barber was born in Guys, Tenn., to sharecroppers who never signed a birth certificate, and now the 92-year-old is struggling to prove her citizenship so she can vote in the upcoming gubernatorial election.

“I’m sure (my birth) was never reported because I was born in a farmhouse with a coal oil lamp,” Barber said. “Didn’t have a doctor, just a neighbor woman come in and deliver me.”

Barber visited the Texas Department of Public Safety office last week to request an election identification certificate, but was refused one because she doesn’t have a birth certificate.

The state’s voter identification law, enacted in June 2013, requires all voters to show one of six forms of valid photo ID in order for their ballot to be counted.

The U.S. Department of Justice has joined other parties in a federal lawsuit asking the court to overturn the voter ID law, saying the law would affect minority voters disproportionately.

Voters who don’t have a valid ID, such as a driver’s license or Texas concealed handgun license, may apply for an election identification certificate — or EIC — to vote.