Voter Identification | Public Affairs | RealClearPublicAffairs

Introduction:

Voter identification requirements range widely across the 50 states, from mandating strict photo ID to simply signing a poll book attesting to one’s identity.

Essential Reading

Voter Verification Without ID Documents

National Conference of State Legisulatures

A Comprehensive Study of Voter Identification Laws and the Discriminatory Effect They Have on Voting Rights

Christine Sim, University of Mississippi Honors College

Response to the Report of the 2005 Commission on Federal Election Reform

Brennan Center

Building Confidence in U.S. Elections

Commission on Federal Election Reform

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In the News

Poll Shows Voter ID Laws Overwhelmingly Popular Among Americans

Houston Keene, Fox News

Making REAL ID A Reality - Concerns, Challenges, Choices, Solutions

James Carafano, Heritage Foundation

Foreign Election Officials Amazed by Trust-Based U.S. Voting System

Foreign Policy

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Voter ID Laws

Suevon Lee & Sarah Smith, ProPublica

Getting a Photo ID So You Can Vote Is Easy. Unless You’re Poor, Black, Latino or Elderly

Sari Horwitz, Washington Post

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Multimedia

The Battle Over IDs at the Ballot Box

ABC News

Wesley Hunt: Requiring Voter ID 'Should Not Be a Very Big Deal'

Fox News

Debate: Voting Rights Advocate vs. Advocate of GOP Voter ID laws on Suppression Issue

MSNBC

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