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Voter Identification Requirements - Voter ID Laws
Read the latest updates on voter ID legislative action in the states for 2015 and find out more about the two ways voter ID laws can be categorized.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/voter-id.aspx
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Voting Laws Roundup 2015 - Brennan Center for Justice
The Brennan Center for Justice is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/voting-laws-roundup-2015
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Introduction To Federal Voting Rights Laws - Department of Justice
The Voting Rights Act, adopted initially in 1965 and extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982, is generally considered the most successful piece of civil rights legislation ever adopted by the United States Congress.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/introduction-federal-voting-rights-laws-1
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Voting Rights - American Civil Liberties Union
Since 2008, states across the country have passed measures to make it harder for Americans-particularly black people, the elderly, students, and people with disabilities-to exercise their fundamental right to cast a ballot. These measures include voter ID laws, cuts to early voting, and purges of voter rolls.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights
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2015 Voter ID Laws - Long Distance Voter - The Absentee Ballot Experts
The most detailed voter ID summary on the internet. See what kind of voter ID you'll need to show at the polls and what kind of voter ID you'll need to include with your absentee ballot.
http://www.longdistancevoter.org/voter-id-laws#.VjDiB7erSUk
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Why Republicans Should Worry About Restrictive Voting Laws - The New York Times
Nearly 80 percent of black voters polled by The Times believe the policies were designed to make it harder for them to vote.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/magazine/why-republicans-should-worry-about-restrictive-voting-laws.html?_r=0
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Voter Identification Laws By State - Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professionally curated encyclopedia designed to connect people to politics and elections at the local, state and federal level.
https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_by_state
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Voter ID laws in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A voter ID law is a law that requires some form of identification in order to vote or receive a ballot for an election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_ID_laws_in_the_United_States
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Absentee Voting Rules - Long Distance Voter - The Absentee Ballot Experts
Absentee voting rules for all fifty states and Washington DC.
http://www.longdistancevoter.org/absentee_voting_rules#.VjDiorerSUk
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National Voter Registration Act
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). EAC is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with developing guidance to meet HAVA requirements, adopting voluntary voting system guidelines, and serving as a national clearinghouse of information about election administration. EAC also accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, as well as audits the use of HAVA funds.
http://www.eac.gov/national_voter_registration_act/
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History Of Federal Voting Rights Laws - CRT - Department of Justice
By 1965 concerted efforts to break the grip of state disfranchisement had been under way for some time, but had achieved only modest success overall and in some areas had proved almost entirely ineffectual. The murder of voting-rights activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, gained national attention, along with numerous other acts of violence and terrorism.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/history-federal-voting-rights-laws
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Elections & Voting - Whitehouse
Citizens over 18 can't be denied voting rights regardless of race, religion, sex, disability, or sexual orientation.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/elections-and-voting
