Road To The Poll: How The Wisconsin Voter ID Law of 2011 Is Disenfranchising Its Poor, Minority, and Elderly Citizens
The right to vote has been irrefutably established as one of the most treasured and fundamental rights guaranteed to citizens by the United States Constitution, and Wisconsin’s Act 23 (“Act 23”) violates this standard. In May 2011, the Wisconsin legislature passed this act, which mandated that any...
Main Author: | Christopher Watts |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2013-01-01
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Series: | Columbia Journal of Race and Law |
Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjrl/article/view/2285 |
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