One of the things that makes America so great is its election process. The US elections are fair and not rigged by the people in power(as far as the public knows.) Despite this, there are still some people who try and get the elections to go one way. This is called voter fraud. Voter fraud can take many different forms, switching ballots, tampering with results, pressuring voters, and voting in the place of others. The last one, voting in the place of others, has sparked a debate about requiring photo ID to vote. After the battles following the presidential election of 2000, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act(HAVA). This act included laws that required first time voters to show some kind of identification at the polling place if they …show more content…
First, a current photo ID will be required to vote. This could be a driver 's license, US passport, military ID card, or any photo ID issued by a government agency. For anyone without an acceptable photo ID, free voter ID cards will be offered at local government offices like the DMV or a county office. To get a voter ID card, the applicant must bring their social security card to the office and fill out a voter ID application. Second, anyone who is caught committing voter fraud will be punished severely. This includes attempting to fraudulently get an ID, attempting to vote under someone else’s name, or any other kind of voter fraud. Consequences will include being banned from voting or holding any government office forever, potentially a fine or jail time. Requiring photo ID to vote is a highly debated topic on both the national and state level. Many argue that voter ID would go against the freedoms listed in the constitution. Others argue that it helps to protect everyone’s right to vote and ensure that no one takes someone else’s right. There is a way to make sure everyone is able to vote but their vote is also protected from
In recent years, “requirements for photo identification have been hotly debated” (Drew A16). There are many different views of both political parties. While mostly Democrats are opposed to these laws, the main proponents who have been promoting voter-ID requirements are Republican state lawmakers claiming that they are needed to help prevent voter fraud. “Republicans say that large jumps in the immigrant population have also prompted them to act to safeguard elections” (Lizette A1). In other words, Republicans are claiming that fraudulent voting is an issue in the electoral process and having to provide further identification such as a photo ID is a solution.
This legislation does not acquire any other federal law on voting. As of March 2015, two-thirds of states had passed laws requiring some kind of identification from people at the polls requires any state subject to this identification requirement to prepare a pre-printed version of the statement which includes a blank space for a citizen to give a name and signature. Make copies of the pre-printed version available at polling
Felon Rights: Many people take voting for granted; many will argue that voting is a privilege not a right, as this is true among many counties. Here in the United States everyone at the age of eighteen gains their right to vote. Right now roughly 4 Million Americans will not be allowed to Vote in the United States. These people are felons that have served their debt to society.
Voter fraud is the act of a voter not listening to the American policy “ one person one vote”, and votes more than once. People can commit this fraud by registering under the names of deceased citizens, voting without citizenship, registering in multiple locations, ineligible voting, and more (U.S News). Voter suppression is a variety of tactics used to decrease the number of voters who vote in a particular election (Ballotpedia). It can be used as a technique to convince people to not vote. According to Aclu.org ,voter suppression laws make it difficult for Americans to vote “ particularly black people, the elderly, students, and people with disabilities”.
Firstly, voting fraud has been a major problem for election polls. For instance, there have been many instances of people who have voted using names of the deceased, impersonated others, and people who are living in the U.S. illegally. The U.S Supreme Court has identified, and acknowledged the risk of voting fraud. President George W. Bush won the election by only 527 votes in 2000. Every vote counts and a voter IDs would make voting fair.
In the United States, low voter turnout rates depend on numerous aspects, such as: the type of election, the requiring of registration, level of education that has been accomplished by the voter, and the voters’ socioeconomic status. The type of election in America is different compare to other democracies around the world. Most democracies have more than one day to vote, but in the United States is on the first Tuesday of November. During election season many citizens do not vote due to the registration process. The responsibility is on the citizens to get registered to vote.
Currently, there are 30 states that have a voter ID law enacted in some form. The first law of its kind was passed in 2003. In recent years, there has been a lot activity in state legislatures regarding voter ID type laws. In 2011, legislators in 34 states introduced bills requiring eligible voters to show ID. ("Voter ID: Legislation Action, 2003-2014")Proponents of the voter ID laws believe they are necessary to ensure the integrity of votes.
However, there are several ways to combat this problem. One way to get more voters to show up at the polls is have election officials mail ballots to all registered voters. This makes it easy for registered voters to select their candidates on their own time. This method to obtain more voters is in place in two states currently, Oregon and Washington. This method has proved effective because “in the 2010 midterm elections, just [Oregon and Washington] exceed 70 percent participation” (Koas).
Voter identification laws have ben around since the 1950’s. South Carolina was the first state to require some kind of identification at the polls. No photo was require, just a document bearing the voters name. The first five state to establish a voter identification law were South Carolina, Hawaii, Texas, Florida, and Alaska. Since 2000, more and more states are getting stricter with their voter identification laws.
However, the argument on the other side is stronger. Compulsory voting can be used to show the least you can do for your country, and that compulsory voting could fix many of the problems in your state, city, or even country, and compulsory voting proves that the rate of voted go
This law requires voters to provide identification in order to vote in elections. (Wilson, Brewer 2013). This law currently requires anyone wanting to participate in the elections process to provide the following forms of identification: passport, driver’s license, military
Should electrocic voting machines (EVMs) be used in the next election? EVMs would deffiently help more people vote easily, provide ballots in many different lauguages, voters with securty concerns might need to worry, and EVMs can be highly expensive. Using the EVM is very easy even for voters with disabilities. These machines have exellent audio and voice systems for citizens with reduced vision or hard hearding individuals and even hand-held devices for people who have trouble standing. Some voters find it difficult to use EVMs because if voters dont have experiance with computers they will find it hard using the electronic voting machine.
What do I mean by that? In America, only people who are American citizens are able to vote,
The importance of the role compulsory voting which was always debatable, has now become more controversial. The substantial influence of compulsory voting has sparked the controversial over the potential influence on everyday citizens’ responsibilities. Intriguingly, other people claim that voting system shouldn’t be mandatory as it would lead to false elections. This essay will elaborate why mandatory voting is accountability for citizens and why it would cause wrong election outcomes.
Introduction In today’s political world, there is a large part of the population who votes in elections marred with electoral fraud and malpractice. These people suffer the consequences of having non-representative governments where the government does not reflect the votes and will of the people. One would think a country devoid of fraud during the electoral process would remove previously cheating and poorly performing incumbents, resulting in better functioning governments, which is untrue. Removing electoral fraud from an election does not guarantee that the previously fraudulent or poor performing incumbents will be removed from office.