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Pros And Cons Of Voter Identification Laws

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With the 2016 Presidential election currently in full swing, the concept of Voter ID laws are being heavy disputed. A Voter ID law is a law requiring that photo identification is shown before a citizen vote . South Carolina was the first state who had some form of a Voter ID law, beginning in early 1950’s. Although a photo wasn’t required, it was requested that voter brings some form of documentation with their information. Hawaii (1970), Texas (1971), Florida (1977) and Alaska (1980) soon followed in passing laws relating to Voter ID. Eventually, more stated adopted this practiced, even going further to say that photo ID is required in order to vote. As of now, there are 34 states that have some form of Voter ID laws. The common argument
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