Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements
The Help America Vote Act hit a nearly fatal snag during the final stages of congressional negotiations over the bill in 2002. The problem? Voter identification requirements. Many conservatives in Congress insisted on the inclusion of a requirement that voters show photo identification, and many lib...
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| author | Ansolabehere, Stephen |
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| description | The Help America Vote Act hit a nearly fatal snag during the final stages of congressional negotiations over the bill in 2002. The problem? Voter identification requirements. Many conservatives in Congress insisted on the inclusion of a requirement that voters show photo identification, and many liberals, especially the Congressional Black Caucus, saw this as a deal killer. Ultimately, the two sides reached a compromise that applied the rule to first time voters, but the battle lines over this question were drawn and they remain in place today. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/965952019-04-10T23:03:04Z Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements Ansolabehere, Stephen Voter identification HAVA Voter identification requirements Voter turnout The Help America Vote Act hit a nearly fatal snag during the final stages of congressional negotiations over the bill in 2002. The problem? Voter identification requirements. Many conservatives in Congress insisted on the inclusion of a requirement that voters show photo identification, and many liberals, especially the Congressional Black Caucus, saw this as a deal killer. Ultimately, the two sides reached a compromise that applied the rule to first time voters, but the battle lines over this question were drawn and they remain in place today. 2015-04-15T12:15:04Z 2015-04-15T12:15:04Z 2007-02 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96595 en_US VTP Working Paper Series;58 application/pdf Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project |
| spellingShingle | Voter identification HAVA Voter identification requirements Voter turnout Ansolabehere, Stephen Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements |
| title | Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements |
| title_full | Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements |
| title_fullStr | Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements |
| title_short | Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements |
| title_sort | access versus integrity in voter identification requirements |
| topic | Voter identification HAVA Voter identification requirements Voter turnout |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96595 |
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