Voter-ID Issues in Politics and Political Science: Editor's Introduction

In: PS: political science & politics, Band 42, Heft 1, S. 81-85

Abstract

The simple act of voting—and its barriers, costs, benefits, and
mobilization—continues to be central to politics and political
science (Kelley and Mirer 1974). The Supreme Court case Crawford vs.
Marion County Election Board (2008) and a well-attended
panel on the topic at the 2008 APSA annual meeting in Boston
highlight the pertinence of voter-ID issues to the polity and
discipline for the 2008 and future elections. As simple as voting
is, it is also "of the most fundamental significance under our
constitutional structure" (Burdick v. Takushi
1992).