Constitutional Law Prof Blog: Voter ID Laws and the Discourse of "Free and Fair Elections": WV Weekend Spotlight on Atiba Ellis

"Professor Atiba R. Ellis at the WVU College of Law views the U.S. history of the right to vote as a constant tension “between those who wish to constrain or restrict the vote by raising the cost and those who wish to make the vote more accessible by lowering the costs."  In his article, The Cost of the Vote: Poll Taxes, Voter Identification Laws, and the Price of Democracy, 86 Denv. U. L. Rev. 1023 (2009), available on ssrn, he considers the controversy over voter identification laws, including voter photo identification requirements."

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/conlaw/2011/02/voter-identification-laws-and-the-discourse-of-free-and-fair-elections-west-virginia-weekend-spotlig.html

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Related information:

• "The Cost of the Vote: Poll Taxes, Voter Identification Laws, and the Price of Democracy"
• National Conference of State Legislatures: Voter ID State Requirements