Twelve nuns couldn’t exercise their right to vote in Indiana primary election because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph.

Indiana's law requires every voter to produce a state or federal photo ID card.

The one who had to break the news to the nuns, who are in their 80s and 90s and don’t own a driving license anymore, was Julie McGuire, their fellow sister.

“It’s the law, and it makes it hard. Some don't understand why.” McGuire said, according to The Associated Press.

On the other hand, the secretary of State, Todd Rokita, made it very clear that everyone must abide the law.

“Indiana's Voter ID Law applies to everyone. From all accounts that we’ve heard, the sisters were aware of the photo ID requirements and chose not to follow them,” he said in a statement.

This photo ID law is the strictest in the country and it was pressed by Republicans to combat ballot fraud. It doesn’t recognize out-of-state driver's licenses and makes it very hard for college students to vote.

Angela Hiss, 19, of suburban Chicago, said she was allowed to register to vote several weeks ago but was turned away Tuesday from a polling site in South Bend, where she attended classes at Notre Dame.

Hiss said officials would not accept her Illinois license as proof of identification for an Indiana license, Los Angeles Times reports.

The convent will take care of this problem and will get proper identification for the nuns in time for the general election.
“We’re going to take from now until November to get them out and get this done. You can’t do this like school kids on a bus. I wish we could,” said Sister McGuire.