Essay On Should Citizenship Be Required To Vote

Should Proof of Citizenship be Required to Vote? The United States today is split between two political extremes. On one side are capitalist conservatives and on the other side are progressive socialist liberals. Both parties are campaigning on a brutally embittered battlefield for the presidency of the United States in 2016 and the integrity of our nation’s polls are under scrutiny. The issue in question is, “Should it be mandatory that a citizen of the United States be required to show a photo identification card before they can cast their ballot?” The operative word in this question is “mandatory!” As I see it, the answer to this question should be no because it requires that a citizen prove their eligibility at the voting booth. More that, it shifts the focus away from voter registration fraud that creates sheltered pathways for illegally registered voters to cast an illegitimate ballot in favor of a political candidate who is running for an elected office.
Creating a pseudo issue, such as that of required photo I.D., redirects the responsibility for voter fraud onto mainstream …show more content…
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