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Home | AMERICA | A Bit Late, the Courts Take on Voter ID Restrictions

A Bit Late, the Courts Take on Voter ID Restrictions

August 1, 2016 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Voter ID Restrictions

Federal courts are jumping into action to block voter ID restrictions in states across the nation

Voter ID Laws are Efforts to Disenfranchise: Courts

Two federal rulings issued this week strike at the core of states’ voter identification laws, judging at least two states’ efforts to allegedly combat voter fraud were thinly veiled attempts to disenfranchise the poor and minorities. The rulings finding North Carolina and Wisconsin’s voter ID programs largely unconstitutional employed often blistering language that endorses the criticisms…

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Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Minority Voting Rights, Voter Access, Voter ID

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