Re:Utah voting system fending off 1B hacking attempts per day
by tzs on Saturday July 07, 2018 @06:11PM
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> There, I've made my point and provided as much evidence as you have towards your point
The difference between your point and his point is that he could easily provide evidence for his, since there have been numerous lawsuits over these laws by civil rights groups, and the evidence was well publicized in those cases, and there have also been academic studies of these laws. Some links: [1] [2] [3].
There are ineligible people who vote, but almost all of them do so by means that would not be stopped by voter ID laws, most commonly absentee ballots. This makes it very hard to find evidence that supports you points.
The difference between your point and his point is that he could easily provide evidence for his, since there have been numerous lawsuits over these laws by civil rights groups, and the evidence was well publicized in those cases, and there have also been academic studies of these laws. Some links: [1] [2] [3].
There are ineligible people who vote, but almost all of them do so by means that would not be stopped by voter ID laws, most commonly absentee ballots. This makes it very hard to find evidence that supports you points.
[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/how-vot...
[2] https://now.tufts.edu/articles/proving-voter-id-law-s-discri...
[3] https://www.aclu.org/other/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-...