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- Issues & Controversies: Voting RightsShould Congress Pass a New Voting Rights Act?
Last Updated: September 1, 2021 - Opposing Viewpoints: Voting LawsThe right to vote is a tenet of representative democracy. Despite its fundamental importance, the right to vote was historically restricted to certain populations in the United States and continues to face threats in the twenty-first century.
- Opposing Viewpoints: Voter RegistrationVoter registration is a contentious issue because it has historically been used to suppress rather than enable voters. Though registering voters is ostensibly done to prevent electoral fraud and protect the integrity of elections, it is considered by many to be a bureaucratic obstacle that makes it more difficult for some eligible voters to participate in elections.
- Academic Search Complete: Voter SuppressionScholarly, peer-reviewed articles on voter suppression.
- Academic Search Complete: Voting Rights Act of 1965Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles on the Voter Rights Act of 1965.
- Academic Search Complete: Suffrage--United StatesScholarly, peer-reviewed articles on suffrage in the US.
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