Strict Voter ID Laws are necessary
A vigorous debate sprung from a panel discussion on new voter registration laws at the ABA Annual Meeting on Aug. 5, 2012.
One of the principal issues in the examination was the voter identification requirement that is now endorsed beyond 30 states.
The panel was conducted by Ashley Taylor, an associate at Troutman Sanders in Richmond, Va., and involved South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson; Gerald Reynolds, general adviser for a utility in Louisville, Kentucky; Clarissa Martinez-De-Castro, Director of Immigration and National Campaigns for the National Council of La Raza in Washington, D.C.; Barbara Arnwine, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; and Benjamin Griffith, associate at Griffith & Griffith in Cleveland, Miss., and managing editor of the first and second editions of “America Votes.” ( Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law)
In most states that have passed this law, the chosen identification is one made by the Department of Motor Vehicles. But more than 20 million persons have no such proof of identity. Many people do not have the birth certificate or social security card needed to obtain a license or government-issued identification from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
According to the presiding officer of this organization, everyone is affected. She states that women are extremely affected due to name changes that are encountered by marriage or divorce.
Some legal experts are alarmed that the new voter laws will lead to restraint of the minority vote. Limitations on early voting, remarkably withholding back the Sunday before the election, have emotional impact blacks because churches often appealed to congregants to vote on that day.
Advocates of these laws, however, argue that they protect voters from deceptive practices. In South Carolina (DMV South Carolina State), voter identification requirements were adopted to help inspire confidence in the electoral system. “Every
One of the principal issues in the examination was the voter identification requirement that is now endorsed beyond 30 states.
The panel was conducted by Ashley Taylor, an associate at Troutman Sanders in Richmond, Va., and involved South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson; Gerald Reynolds, general adviser for a utility in Louisville, Kentucky; Clarissa Martinez-De-Castro, Director of Immigration and National Campaigns for the National Council of La Raza in Washington, D.C.; Barbara Arnwine, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; and Benjamin Griffith, associate at Griffith & Griffith in Cleveland, Miss., and managing editor of the first and second editions of “America Votes.” ( Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law)
In most states that have passed this law, the chosen identification is one made by the Department of Motor Vehicles. But more than 20 million persons have no such proof of identity. Many people do not have the birth certificate or social security card needed to obtain a license or government-issued identification from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
According to the presiding officer of this organization, everyone is affected. She states that women are extremely affected due to name changes that are encountered by marriage or divorce.
Some legal experts are alarmed that the new voter laws will lead to restraint of the minority vote. Limitations on early voting, remarkably withholding back the Sunday before the election, have emotional impact blacks because churches often appealed to congregants to vote on that day.
Advocates of these laws, however, argue that they protect voters from deceptive practices. In South Carolina (DMV South Carolina State), voter identification requirements were adopted to help inspire confidence in the electoral system. “Every