Technological Change, Voting Rights, and Strict Scrutiny

Authors

Henry L. Chambers, Jr., University of Richmond - School of LawFollow

Abstract

When technology obviates the need for an election law that prevents some otherwise eligible voters from casting a ballot, a jurisdiction’s reten-tion of that law and refusal to adopt the technology should be deemed a se-rious infringement of the right to vote that triggers strict scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Recommended Citation

Henry L. Chambers Jr., Technological Change, Voting Rights, and Strict Scrutiny, 79 Md. L. Rev. 191 (2019)