1. Voter ID Laws and Democracy
... . So why is it becoming such a controversy now? Well, most states have always encouraged voters to appear at the polls with some form of identification, but it has never been a requirement. Until 2011, there were only two states with "strict" voter ID laws, meaning that voters had to show a form of government-issued identification as a prerequisite to casting their vote. However ... of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of a voter ID law that could stop thousands of Pennsylvania residents from voting. His reasoning behind this: ""The photo ID requirement is a reasonabl...
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