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Questions and Answers of Bentele and O'Brien book analysis on voting rights

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According to Bentele and O'Brien, what motivates the states to adopt voting laws? What evidence do they use to support their argument? Do you agree or disagree with their conclusions and why/why not? ... The United States of America’s constitution, dated back to Article 1, gave the states the duty of overseeing federal elections. Voting in the U.S is a right and privilege as ratified in their constitution. Bentele and O’Brien published an enlightening study of what motivates states to adopt voting laws, and they give evidence to support their arguments. Restrictive voter identification laws have been passed in U.S state legislatures and are more likely to be executed in states with large minority populations. The minority populations are less likely to have voter identifications making them not likely to vote in states that have passed this law (Bentele & O’Brien, 2013). [Show More]

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