The Forgotten Amendment and Voter Identification: How the New Wave of Voter Identification Laws Violates the Twenty-Fourth Amendment

Authors

Brendan F. Friedman

Abstract

The article discusses various state voter identification laws in America as of 2013, focusing on the U.S. Congress' passage of the nation's Help America Vote Act and the claim that the state voter identification laws violate the Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (USC). The U.S. Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the USC are mentioned. It states that courts have upheld certain identification laws which imposed merely incidental costs.

Recommended Citation

Friedman, Brendan F. (2013) "The Forgotten Amendment and Voter Identification: How the New Wave of Voter Identification Laws Violates the Twenty-Fourth Amendment," Hofstra Law Review: Vol. 42: Iss. 1, Article 22.
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/hlr/vol42/iss1/22