Registrations are lost, people move at the last minute, or IDs are forgotten or unavailable. Because countless folks think they can’t vote, they don’t, when actually they can. The bureaucracy moves slower than the individual lives of citizens.
Voter ID articles on Democracy Chronicles
Voter ID laws require some form of identification in order to vote or receive a ballot for an election but has been used in US to block voter access. Also see our section on American democracy or our Voter Access archive.
VIDEO: Strict Ohio Voter ID Rules Upheld at Supreme Court
After the Supreme Court allowed the Ohio voter ID law to stand this election, many will be disenfranchised
Is Voter ID Already Lowering African-American Voter Turnout?
Longstanding fear of new laws lowering African-American voter turnout could be coming true
8 Top Reasons America Has Chronic Low Voter Turnout
The solution for the nation’s chronic low voter turnout has to take into account leading barriers to voting
VIDEO: The 9 Voter ID Laws Set to Debut in the 2016 Election
Expert Wendy Weiser discussing 9 voter ID laws, voter purging, voting machine malfunctions, and other factors
Exploring a Rare Case of In-Person Voter Impersonation
The difficulty of pulling off in-person voter impersonation at a large scale revealed in reporter’s personal experience
Are Noncitizens and Dead People Voting?
The answer is no. Dead people voting has been eliminated with modern databases and noncitizens never vote
The Elections Will Definitely Not Be Rigged
Voter fraud as described by Trump is a myth and is feeding a dangerous rise in election based conspiracies
North Carolina Voting Wars Impact Voter Turnout
From voter ID to voter registration, most of the nation’s election controversies seen in North Carolina voting wars
America Fails at Youth Voter Turnout, But This Can Change
It is a shame that youth voter turnout is so low in the greatest democracy in the world. It sickens me more to look at the voter turnout by my peers. Voting is single handedly the most important civic duty we as citizens have.