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Voters I. D. Voting System
In class we have been learning about the election, and there was many topic people don’t know. The Democracy is rule by the government that serve the people.The system tries to provide as much law to the every social organization. The founding father were revolutionary groups, and they said that people such as citizens should have a saying in their government for the person to have the legitimate power. To have the free and fair election in the democracy is to have the right support from those who thinks it more or less for the community. People think it's less free and fair on the Voter's I.D Law to those who have struggles with money with racial groups.
Voters I.D Law makes elections less free based on the cost to get a I.D. Voters I.D
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People that can’t obtain a I.D is other race beside white. Other race are the ones that have less voting rate. “African-Americans and Latinos are most likely to lack one of these qualifying I.Ds according to several estimates” (Childress, Sarah). This show that it's less fair because people are getting judge by their race when they can't afford a requirement for voting. The way people see that African - Americans and Latinos are lacking is by not having papers and good social, it make it hard to vote without a I.D. Each racial group started feeling they are useless to the state. People will start feeling that they are getting accused for making an illegal I.D. “And that is to discourage voting by persons likely to vote against the party responsible for imposing the burdens” (Childress, Sarah). The quote brings a point about not fear by not having a I.D. Show that the party won't have as mean votes that is needed.The I.D law is making people not even like they don't deserve their idea and hope for who they want. It bring an idea of racially because it not showing fair without including other race in the voting system. Overall it's less fair to those who can’t afford the I.D in order to vote. It’s a struggle because they feeling useless to the system and the place to make it …show more content…
“There’s only one class of people who are going to be discouraged from voting, and that’s fraudulent voters” (Childress, Sarah). This is showing how people that makes frauds often will not make it in the elections by the Voting I.D Law. In fact people say it gives more fraud because the Voters I.D Law is only for those go in the polls in person. The reason it create more fraud is because people be sending their votes by mail and voting for other people. However, it prove that the Voters I.D Law is useless for the polls because they are counting votes that are fraud. “election law experts say it happens more often through mail-in ballots than people impersonating eligible voters at the polls” (Why Voter ID Laws Aren’t Really about Fraud, Sarah). This shows how votes get counted because those who send it by mail arent been asked for there I.D incase people go in the polls are struggling because they will get ask. Therefore it not fair for everyone who goes in person. Once people notice this evidence and refuta people start realizing ways to get votes, and they way by mail be easy because they will not require a

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