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Kennedy said providing a free ID could solve this problem and did not describe voter ID laws as racist. In a May 1 interview with Watters , Kennedy walked back his earlier comments more completely ...
More than a Vote is a nonprofit organization fighting for African-Americans's voting rights, [1] as well as advocating criminal justice reform in the United States. [2] [3] It was founded in June 2020, amid the Black Lives Matter protests following the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, by NBA basketball player LeBron James and other black athletes and entertainers.
Studies exploring the disparate impacts of voter id laws have reached mixed conclusions. A 2019 paper by University of Bologna and Harvard Business School economists found that voter ID laws had "no negative effect on registration or turnout, overall or for any group defined by race, gender, age, or party affiliation."
After the Supreme Court affirmed Indiana's law, states have adopted voter identification laws at an increasing rate. It also spurred research focused on voter ID laws and voter advocacy. Some research is centered on the timing of states' adoption of voter ID laws, while other research is on the partisanship of such laws. [9]
Witnesses criticize free IDs and exceptions. A frequent topic of questioning during witness testimony were the exceptions and accommodations the legislature enacted alongside the voter ID requirement.
The strictest of these requirements is the Indiana photo-ID requirement which was challenged by the Indiana Democratic Party and the American Civil Liberties Union. This law was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. [22] The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Arizona voter ID law against a similar challenge.
"What voter ID laws are racist?" Cruz asked. "Apologies Mr. Cruz, your state of Texas, perhaps," the legal scholar replied.
Proponents of voter identification laws argue that they reduce electoral fraud while placing only little burden on voters. Opponents say fraud is extremely rare, and ID requirements intentionally create bureaucratic barriers in order to suppress the votes of specific populations, such as poor people or college students.