In light of recent laws passed by Texas legislature, Texas now requires voters to have a photo ID at voting polls. Valid forms would require voters to present a driver's license, passport, or military ID at the polls. Thought the Supreme Court has struck down other states’ bills that wanted to implement a law requiring a Photo ID in federal elections.
“Photo ID bills were signed into law in seven states: Alabama, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. By contrast, before the 2011 legislative session, only two states had ever imposed strict photo ID requirements.”
Nearly a year ago the Supreme Court, “granted Texas' request to implement a photo ID law despite a lower court ruling that the law is intentionally …show more content…
But just last week, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division blocked Texas from enforcing its new law, contending that the law would disproportionately affect eligible voters of color, who are more likely to lack accepted forms of photo ID than eligible white voters.” (1.)
Thought these organizations have an agreeable standpoint, people in favor of the law think it is necessary to avoid “voter fraud”, but the opposition thinks this point is mute, because there will always be some things that may be considered …show more content…
At least thirty-four states introduced legislation that would require voters to show photo identification to vote.”(4.)
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law conducted a study, ”Voting Law Changes in 2012”, that was analyzed by National Public Radio “The study shows that 89% of the U.S. population has some form of photo identification, while the remaining 11%, about 3.2 million people, do not.”
“Most of the 11% without identification fall into one of four categories: the elderly, minorities, the poor, or young adults aged 18 to 24.” It seems as though this law has an aspect of targeting, and regardless of the fact that it prevents all Texans without Photo identification from voting. This becomes apparent when you looks at poverty percentages by race in Texas, the group with the highest percentage of poverty is unsurprisingly Hispanics at 25%, next of course is African Americans at 23%, and lastly, Whites have the least with only 8%. What this means is that potentially 25% of Hispanics, 23% of African Americans, and 8% of Whites will not be able to, or will have a problem
“Photo ID bills were signed into law in seven states: Alabama, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. By contrast, before the 2011 legislative session, only two states had ever imposed strict photo ID requirements.”
Nearly a year ago the Supreme Court, “granted Texas' request to implement a photo ID law despite a lower court ruling that the law is intentionally …show more content…
But just last week, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division blocked Texas from enforcing its new law, contending that the law would disproportionately affect eligible voters of color, who are more likely to lack accepted forms of photo ID than eligible white voters.” (1.)
Thought these organizations have an agreeable standpoint, people in favor of the law think it is necessary to avoid “voter fraud”, but the opposition thinks this point is mute, because there will always be some things that may be considered …show more content…
At least thirty-four states introduced legislation that would require voters to show photo identification to vote.”(4.)
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law conducted a study, ”Voting Law Changes in 2012”, that was analyzed by National Public Radio “The study shows that 89% of the U.S. population has some form of photo identification, while the remaining 11%, about 3.2 million people, do not.”
“Most of the 11% without identification fall into one of four categories: the elderly, minorities, the poor, or young adults aged 18 to 24.” It seems as though this law has an aspect of targeting, and regardless of the fact that it prevents all Texans without Photo identification from voting. This becomes apparent when you looks at poverty percentages by race in Texas, the group with the highest percentage of poverty is unsurprisingly Hispanics at 25%, next of course is African Americans at 23%, and lastly, Whites have the least with only 8%. What this means is that potentially 25% of Hispanics, 23% of African Americans, and 8% of Whites will not be able to, or will have a problem