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New Perspectives on the Voter ID Debate
JUNE 2007
New Perspectives on the Voter ID Debate
While legislative debates over voter ID laws have continued recently in states like Texas, new resources provide additional perspectives. A report from Georgia examines specific questions related to driver’s licenses, while Daniel Tokaji provides a wide-angle look at the voter fraud controversy at the Department of Justice.
Featured Resources
This research examines the effect of Indiana’s photo identification requirement on counting provisional ballots in the 2008 general elections.
The Research Database on the U.S. Voting System and Voting Technology provides access to empirical and analytical research about voting and elections to inform evidence-based reforms.
Under the Voting Rights Act, any state-level change to voter registration rules must be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice. Georgia’s proposed VoteSafe program, designed to keep private the addresses of victims of domestic violence, was approved by the Department of Justice.
This report from researchers at the University of Missouri explores public opinion on a select set of issues, including Election Day registration, voting by mail, photo identification requirements, and early voting.
This law review article explores a range of the legal issues the Supreme Court confronted in the Indiana voter ID case.
Research Projects
FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
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.
Dēmos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. A multi-issue national organization, Dēmoscombines research, policy development, and advocacy to influence public debates and catalyze change.
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.
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
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