Voter Identity Laws

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Assignment 1: Same Sex Marriage and Voter ID Laws Margie McNeil Strayer University Public Administration PAD 510 – Introduction to Public Policy Analysis Dr. Neely April 28, 2014 Abstract This paper will discuss two similar state policy proposals that have significant historical perspectives. The U.S. Supreme Court views each policy during past decades. Many states undergo pass political changes based on civil rights, religion, race and education. These social and political views have changed the time frames during which cultural change has changed the views of some states, but did not change the views of others. Keywords: U.S. Supreme Court, historical perspective, political and societal changes religion and civil rights.…show more content…
The purpose of the laws is to ensure the people who are registered to vote are whom they say they are. These laws were passed over the last several years where intended, for registered voters to show identification before voting, but the laws vary by states. Therefore the constitutionality of these laws is often challenged by the courts (Ross, 2014). Attorney General Eric Holder compared poll tax that was charged in the south as the Jim Crow era. These charges discouraged blacks and whites from voting. By 2006, the Republican Party established the requirement of government identification as proving the right to vote. These strict voter identification laws are mainly in southern states (Heller,…show more content…
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