How does the voter ID issue illustrate the dynamic nature of public policy making?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
A. Voter ID Law
1. nonfiscal policy that first became a law in 2011
2. most contentious policy issue with intense debate that has involved the courts
B. What is the Voter ID Law?
1. voters must show identification showing their eligibility to vote prior to voting
C. Why the debate?
1. opponents say the voter ID law interferes with free elections
2. opponents say the laws discriminate against poor people because it costs money to obtain a state driver's license or identification card
3. violates the constitutional safeguard against voting taxes
4. creates burden on elderly and the disabled because they do not have government-issued ID papers
5. proponents believe that lenient registration and voting laws make it easier for uninformed citizens to vote
a. the affirmative act weeds out the uninformed
6. proponents feel voters could be enticed or pressured into voting
7. proponents argue that most states provide free voter identification certificates to qualifying individuals
a. requirement eliminates election fraud by keeping noncitizens from voting
D. How does it show the dynamic nature of policy making?
1. policy was introduced as a bill in Texas in 2005
a. must have picture ID to vote
b. killed in senate
2. bill reintroduced in 2007 and 2009 but killed both times
3. finally passed in 2011 with much controversy
4. debate is along partisan lines
5. since the debate is over constitutionality, federal government has stepped in by challenging state voter ID laws
6. judicial branch brought in when in 2012 Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit in federal court to keep the law in place
a. eventually validated by the US Supreme Court
7. it is dynamic because it is divisive and it is difficult to reach a consensus about the nature of the law
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