Abstract
This Article explores the question of whether HAVA requires matching, as well as the subsidiary question of whether HAVA mandates matching in states requiring voters to present a form of identification at the time of voting. The first question is a close one. However, on the second question, at least some courts are likely to conclude that HAVA exempts a state from having a matching program if the state requires identification from every voter at the polls. This Article makes a few modest recommendations to administrators trying to avoid the possibility of a lawsuit.
Recommended Citation
Nathan Cemenska,
Hava's Matching/ID Requirement: A Meaningless Tale Told by... Congress,
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Rich. J.L. & Pub. Int.
27
(2008).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/jolpi/vol12/iss1/4