Several states have recently passed legislation imposing new registration and identification requirements. This has sparked debate about whether these are tactics intended to suppress turnout or to prevent fraud.…
After reading the article “The Right to Vote is Never Safe” by Jon Grinspan, published on November 4th, 2017 there are several things that can be said. To begin with, this article is based on everything that took place not so long ago, that people have failed to realize how important it is today. Grinspan practically spoke on all that happened and that took place in order for black men and poor white men to finally vote. Grinspan also mentions the old Protestant elites and how they sought to hold voting from immigrants while rising urban machines sought to harness their votes. At first poor whites thought they had it bad because of obstacles that had to go through in order to get their vote in, but it was the colored men that had it worst.…
Several state lawmakers have joined the fight against the requirements of the Real ID law, which they say are overkill. The federal Real ID law was created for prevention of identity theft and illegal immigrants and terrorists; enacted in 2010. In Florida, one important reason this was made because of the September 11 terrorist attacks, when it was revealed that some terrorists had obtained Florida IDs that allowed them to clear airport security checkpoints. Real ID requires official documents such as birth certificate, Social Security, passport, marriage license, and address proof to simply just renew your driver’s license. Greg Evers, a Republican state senator from Crestview, is attempting to get rid of many of these law’s requirements with the…
Mandatory voting has a possibility of leading to random votes. Mandatory voting has a possibility of leading to random votes because many citizens are either uneducated about politics or they are apolitical, meaning that they don’t care about politics. If there was mandatory voting then people would have to vote even though they don’t want to. In fact, this is because people who are apolitical just don’t care about voting and many other people don’t usually know about any other candidates, so they don’t vote. Stated in document 2, lines 24 and 25, Maria Gretschew wrote, “It has been proved that forcing the population to vote results in an increased number of invalid and blank votes”. This means that if citizens were forced to vote there would…
As the nation stands, only about 30-50 percent of the United States has voted for a presidential candidate since 2000. A disappointment it is to only have at most about half of the US vote being that it has the third largest population in the world. However, to resolve this dilemma, the idea of mandatory voting could be used to help get the voice of the whole nation out. The need of mandatory is immense for it will better represent the population of America, level the playing field of candidate parties, and it will give the incentive for more informed voting causing the better quality of voters.…
A national identification card would be used to prove our identity to government officials. There are various arguments for and against having this identification card. The arguments in favor are that it would be easier to identify and control immigration. The arguments against a national I.D. card are that it would be difficult to ensure that the majority of the population would register for it. Some, such as the homeless, might have trouble proving their identities in order to receive a card because of a lack of Social Security numbers or birth certificates. Also there is no point in having a separate national identity card when the state driver's license system is already in place. This card can be used to track individuals, if the government chooses not to create this database, then it might be too easy for people to commit fraud by having multiple cards with different identities. I know that having an identification card can make us feel more secure but still I don’t think it would stop crime.…
One Voting Amendment is that they lowered the voting age down. You now only have to be eighteen years of age, instead of the age prior. This is the 26th amendment, and was created during the cold, brutal Vietnam War. People decided that if someone older than eighteen could go to war, and die bravely for their country, they could also vote the next leader.…
During the last election several controversial issues, were being voted on. One of the topics that many people had strong opinions about was voter ID. The majority of people polled felt that Voter ID should be required in all elections. They firmly believed that if voter ID was mandatory it would increase voter confidence in the outcome of elections, reduce voter fraud, and facilitate use of updated, efficient 21st century election systems.…
In my opinion, legislation to verify voter identification falls under the domain of unintentional discrimination. In our text, it defines intentional discrimination as “Discrimination where the policies of a company are shaped by overt racial prejudices of its managers or executives” (Fieser, Moseley, 2012). The effort to verify voter Identification focuses on making sure that naturalized United States citizens are the persons actually voting on United States issues and elections. The Government is not focusing on one particular race in order to keep them out of the process, just that the people voting are authorized to do so per our constitution. I do acknowledge that this legist ration could be used as a tool for persons wishing to discriminate against certain groups with a high population of undocumented persons here in the United States illegally. It has been noted that, “Surpassing African-Americans, Americans, Latinos now comprise the largest minority in the United States. Furthermore, their prominence will only increase over the coming decades” (Jackson, 2003, p 339).…
Voter identification laws has been a controversial issue on whether or not it should be implemented in every state in America. 34 states have passed laws that required voters who registered to show a photo identification issued by the government before voting. This leaves only 16 states that do not require voters to have photo identification. The whole purpose of voter identification was to stop people from impersonating other people and fraud, but some people believe that voter identification can create barriers for people to vote or can cause people to not vote at all. As a result, voter identification can be looked as a just law making voting as honest as it can be or a way to prevent people from voting.…
This could possibly lead to the population being more engaged in politics. The citizens will be more encouraged to learn about what is happening in politics and attending turnouts. The voices of unheard citizens will now have a voice. Acta Politica once said that, “compulsory voting sends the message that every vote matters, it is able to restore rather than harm democracy and its values”. All equivalent interest in the system is helping to be ensured by mandatory…
All forms of life have rights, whether you agree or not. In terms of the Human Race, this has varied throughout time. Especially for people of color. These disputes continued even after slavery was put to an end. It continued on in a movement known as the Civil Rights movement. A movement that is still yet very live today.…
Von Spakovsky argues that this law will only improve our great nation. He argues that this is a basic requirement to insure the integrity of its citizens. This requirement will not only prevent illegal citizens from voting, but also prevent citizens from voting more than once. With this occurring, our elections are not as accurate as they could be. In addition, the author brings to attention that there is not fraud in every election, but with close elections, voter ID laws could make sure every vote is accurate. Another point brought up is that Americans use identification cards on a daily basis. For example, citizens use them to “board a plane, drive a car, check into a hotel, buy alcohol, or see a doctor”(Von Spakovsky). An ID card is a very reasonable requirement and is very accessible to all Americans. I agree with Von Spakovsky in the fact that this should be required and will help prevent fraud. In the world today, there are many ways individuals can travel to a DMV. In addition, ID cards do not expire for 10 years, which makes it even worth the trip to help…
Voters I.D Law makes elections less free based on the cost to get a I.D. Voters I.D…
Voting rights are an extension of civl rights. Since 2001, almost 1,000 bills that would tighten voting laws have been introduced in 46 states. In the 2008 election, 2.2 million registered voters did not vote because they did not have the proper identification. In 2011, the number affected rose to 3.8 million. The majority of these bills have been in regard to voter ID laws, which have been billed as a seemingly reasonable way to prevent people from impersonating voters at the polls. The laws, however, don't address the more prevalent forms of voter fraud, like double voting, absentee ballot fraud, and ineligible felons voting. Absentee voters particularly tend to be much older and much whiter than in-person voters. In 2012, 46% of absentee…