Arguments Against Photo ID Laws

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These new photo ID laws are bad because it violates the fourteenth amendment equal protection clause, because these laws unfairly burden poor, elderly, and minority citizens, denying their constitutional right to vote. This is undeniable a privilege of the U.S citizen to vote. It discriminates minorities and poor people who don't have an ID. Decreasing Classification of citizens by making use of enacting these regulations, singling out people who can vote and people who can’t.There is very little of evidence showing in-person voter fraud, the kinds these laws are meant to deter. Therefore making these Voter-ID laws is worthless, unnecessary, and unconstitutional. Also, voters would have to remember to bring their ID’s with them when they go

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