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Caleb Morrison
Spring 2019 member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation This latest research confirms that states are justified in enacting voter ID laws to protect their electoral integrity. Hero Images/Getty Images
Key Takeaways
Voter ID laws don’t “suppress” anyone’s vote.
Among a variety of minority groups and political affiliations, no significant change in turnout occurred after voter ID laws went into effect.
The reality is, election fraud often goes undetected; even when it is discovered, investigators and prosecutors often opt to take no action.
Less than one week after Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams made inflammatory claims in her State of the Union response about an epidemic of “voter suppression” jeopardizing the character of our nation, the National Bureau of Economic Research released a study that demonstrates once again that voter ID laws have no measurable impact on
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January 20, 2021. President Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. The scene, however, is devoid of any human presence. The streets of Washington DC are empty. People had been urged to stay at home and Americans throughout the rest of the country asked not to come. The city is under the protection of 25,000 members of the National Guard, heavily armed. High barriers topped with razor wire surround the Capitol area. In the streets planned for the new president’s “parade”, barriers separate the sidewalks from the roadway. The only people visible are men in uniform carrying rifles. A day that is usually a day of celebration in the United States is, this year, strange and sad.
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Pence is right. H.R. 1 is an unconstitutional behemoth of a bill that would weaken America’s vaunted voting system.
Fortunately, H.R. 1, which already passed in the House of Representatives, faces a daunting battle in the U.S. Senate as long as the filibuster remains in place, at least.
Yet, even though the prospects for H.R. 1 becoming the law of the land remain low, states should take it upon themselves to ensure that election integrity is not diminished. There are many policies states can put in place to maintain election integrity. At the same time, there are many policies states should avoid to also guarantee the sanctity of elections.