Keep America From Voting Act
February, 2004
The U.S. has the world's oldest continuous democracy—and one of the world's lowest voter turnouts. Those Americans who do attempt to vote are often prevented from doing so. The presidential election of 2000—which was such a mess that the Supreme Court had to intervene—is merely the most prominent example of how voters are kept from the polls.To fix these problems, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in October 2002. On the surface the legislation looks fine. It defines what constitutes a v...
