Voter ID Laws Target The Young, Hispanics, The Poor

Posted by | September 26, 2012 13:46 | Filed under: Top Stories


Reuters/Ipsos:

Eight percent of Americans aged 18 through 24, 5 percent of Hispanics and 5 percent of those who have never attended college lack the right papers, the data showed.

In contrast, just 1 percent of those with a college degree or higher said they do not have an ID that would permit them to vote. Two percent of whites and 3 percent of black voters lacked the right document…

Decades of study have found virtually no use of false identification in U.S. elections. Activists say the biggest problem in the United States, where most elections see turnout of well under 60 percent, is that eligible Americans do not bother to vote

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