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1 online resource. |
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Government procedures and operations
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Government procedures and operations.
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Includes index. |
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VOTER IDENTIFICATION LAWS: ISSUES AND ANALYSES; VOTER IDENTIFICATION LAWS: ISSUES AND ANALYSES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ELECTIONS: ISSUES RELATED TO STATE VOTER IDENTIFICATION LAWS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; STUDIES SHOW THAT MOST REGISTERED VOTERS HAVESTATE- ISSUED IDS; DIRECT COSTS TO OBTAIN SUCH IDSVARY AMONG STATES; STUDIES GENERALLY FOCUSED ON ELECTIONS PRIOR TO 2008AND SHOWED MIXED EFFECTS OF VOTER ID REQUIREMENTSON VOTER TURNOUT. |
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Our analysis suggests that decreases in general electionturnout in kansas and tennessee from 2008 to 2012 beyonddecreases in comparison states are attributableto changes in voter id requirementsa small portion of total provisional ballots in twostates were cast for id reasons in 2012, and less thanhalf were counted; challenges exist in using available information toestimate the incidence of in- person voter fraud; agency and third party comments and our evaluation; appendix i. demographic characteristics of voters whovoted and registered through different methods. |
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Appendix ii. objectives, scope, and methodologyappendix iii: bibliography of identification (id)ownership, voter turnout and in-person voterfraud studies reviewed for this report; appendix iv: driver's license and nondriver state idcosts in selected states, as of july 2014; appendix v: voter turnout analysis design; appendix vi: voter turnout analysis methods, datasources, and additional results; appendix vii: additional provisional ballot analysis; appendix viii: selected federal databases and the types ofinformation they contain. |
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Chapter 2: BEST PRACTICES TO IMPROVE VOTER IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTSTHE RESEARCH TEAM; PEER REVIEW GROUP; REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE EAC VOTERIDENTIFICATION ISSUES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARYAND RECOMMENDATIONS; SUMMARY OF RESEARCH; LITIGATION OVER VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS; CONCLUSION; Blank Page; INDEX. |
| Summary |
The authority to regulate U.S. elections is shared by federal, state, and local officials. Congress has addressed major functional areas in the voting process, such as voter registration. However, the responsibility for administration of state and federal elections resides at the state level. In 2002 Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which requires states to request ID from first time voters who register by mail, when they register to vote or cast a ballot for the first time, and to permit individuals to vote a provisional ballot if they do not have the requisite ID. Numerous s. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Election law.
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Voting registers.
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voters' lists. |
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LAW -- Constitutional. |
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LAW -- Public. |
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Election law |
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Voting registers |
| Added Author |
Summerfield, Alanna, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Summerfield, Alanna. Voter Identification Laws : Issues and Analyses. Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ©2015 9781634635462 |
| ISBN |
9781634635691 (electronic bk.) |
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1634635698 (electronic bk.) |
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9781634635462 |
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