Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements
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vtp_wp58.pdf
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Author(s)
Ansolabehere, Stephen
Date Issued
February 2007
Publisher
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Series/Report no.
VTP Working Paper Series;58
Abstract
The Help America Vote Act hit a nearly fatal snag during the final stages of congressional negotiations over the bill in 2002. The problem? Voter identification requirements. Many conservatives in Congress insisted on the inclusion of a requirement that voters show photo identification, and many liberals, especially the Congressional Black Caucus, saw this as a deal killer. Ultimately, the two sides reached a compromise that applied the rule to first time voters, but the battle lines over this question were drawn and they remain in place today.
Subjects
Voter identification
HAVA
Voter identification requirements
Voter turnout
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