Kate Pinkerton 8th period-voter registration laws

Summary-Three states, Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia, enacted a requirement for people to bring a government issued ID when applying to vote. The states may have to wait until after the presidential elections to enforce these rules until the U.S. Court of Appeals says approves of it.  The movement of this new rule was halted after the League of Women Voters filled a suit against the Election Assistance Committee for passing it. For now, all forms sent in will be considered under the previous rules, where one only has to swear that they are citizens, instead of showing formal papers.

Analysis-The author of this article, who is most likely a citizen of the US, wrote it from a very neutral point of view, only stating the facts of what happened. Because we are nearing the presidential election, who can vote and who can't  is very important. I had seen a video recently of a man who had previously been able to vote but no longer could because he didn't have a government issued ID card proving he was a citizen. This article is written to educate us on voter registration rules and allow us to form an opinion on what rules are fair regarding who should be allowed to vote. I think this article shows us how there are enough levels of courts that a true constitutional ruling can be reached, as many different courts are review the suit to see if it should be allowed. This can be synthesized back to anytime people were given or retracted the right to vote and how the court systems decided that (eventually) all citizens should be given the right to vote.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/12/proof-citizenship-requirement-blocked-three-states/