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JANUARY 2006 Voter ID Debate: Should Voters Be Required to Present Photo IDs at the Polling Place? |
What type of identification voters should be required to produce before voting is one of the most hotly contested issues in the election reform community. The recent call for a universal, mandatory photo ID card by the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform and the passage of a new voter ID law in Georgia have elevated the issue to national prominence. Read the Carter-Baker report, a counter to it by Spencer Overton and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, potential voter ID compromises, and more.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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U.S. House Committee on House Administration
On June 22, the Committee on House Administration heard testimony from federal and local officials and other advocates and experts on the issue of voting by non-citizens.
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John Pawasarat, Employment and Training Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
This study provides a demographic analysis of those citizens in Wisconsin lacking the types of photo identification that would be necessary in the face of new requirements for voting. It concludes that elderly persons and minorities would be among those seriously affected by a new policy.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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Election Protection Coalition
The EPC’s preliminary analysis of complaints registered in the Election Incident Reporting System (EIRS) during the 2004 presidential election reveals problems in registration processing, absentee balloting, machine errors, voter suppression or intimidation, and provisional ballots
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Election Law @ Moritz, run through Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, contains both explanation and commentary on a wealth of election reform issues from a legal perspective.
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Electionline.org provides daily news updates on election reform issues, as well as deeper analysis of selected topics, including recent reports on voter registration, recount procedures, and the progress in implementing the Help America Vote Act since 2002.
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