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New Barriers to Participation: Application of New Mexico's Voter Identification Law
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2007-11)In democratic societies there is a tension between maximizing ballot access and minimizing voter fraud. Since the 2000 presidential election, this tension has been central to discussions about election reform, at the ... -
Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification Requirements
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2007-02)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 ... -
The Effect of Voter Identification Laws on Turnout
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2007-10)Since the passage of the “Help America Vote Act” in 2002, nearly half of the states have adopted a variety of new identification requirements for voter registration and participation by the 2006 general election. There has ...