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The Texas Voter ID Law raises controversy and many questions regarding how much power a state has over voter registration. When considering these points I answered several questions as to what this law is doing in our state and what it could do in the future. The controversy surrounding the Texas Voter ID Law in regard to the U.S Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 stems from the potential violation of poll taxes within the constitution and the act. Though the Texas Voter ID Law doesn’t violate the constitution by discrimination of race, sex, religion or age demonstrated within the 15th , 19th and 26th amendments, it could potentially violate the 24th amendment. The 24th amendment prohibits a poll tax in order to
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According to the constitutional archives found on (http://www.archives.gov) the 15th amendment says “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Followed by the 19th amendment that states that a women cannot be denied the right to vote, and the 26th amendment prohibiting denial to vote due to eligible age. Lastly, the 24th amendment which states, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other …show more content…
The poll had taken place on the UTSA campus, October 1st and I had surveyed students at random. The poll had asked whether or not they agree or disagree with the Texas Voter ID Law. The results I had received were of no surprise to me, majority of students that I had surveyed happened to agree with the law. 93.75% of the sixteen students surveyed, agreed with the law, leaving the remaining 6.25% disagreeing with the law. To calculate the margin of error, I utilized the online calculator given in the survey instructions. First I entered UTSA’s population size, followed by the sample size of students I have surveyed, resulting in a margin of error of 24.49. Next, I needed to calculate the 95% confidence interval by using my approval percentage and margin of error. To get my approval percentage of 93.75% I divided the amount of students who agreed with the law (15) by the amount of students surveyed (16). After getting my approval percentage I calculated my 95% confidence interval by adding and subtracting my margin of error from the approved percentage. Once I added and subtracted 93.75% from 24.49 the result came out to -69.26%—118.24%. my answers help conclude that 95 out of 100 times the amount of students who would approve of the law would fall within the range of -69.26% and 93.75%, thus keeping true to the 95% confidence

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