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'''''Zall vs Pennsylvania''''' was a [[Supreme Court]] case in which a woman who had been turned away from a [[polling station]] because she hadn't been able to produce a [[driver's license]] appealed against [[voting|voter]] ID laws.
'''''Zall vs Pennsylvania''''' was a [[Supreme Court]] case in which a woman who had been turned away from a [[polling station]] because she hadn't been able to produce a [[driver's licence|driver's license]] appealed against [[voting|voter]] ID laws.


The [[NAACP]] took up her case, and it went to the Supreme Court, where it was one of the tightest decisions ever: Justices [[Gibbons (Head of State)|Gibbons]] and [[Knox (Head of State)|Knox]] abstained, and with a 4-3 vote, the Court ruled that voter ID laws and laws restricting felons' rights to vote were unconstitutional.
The [[NAACP]] took up her case, and it went to the Supreme Court, where it was one of the tightest decisions ever: Justices [[Gibbons (Head of State)|Gibbons]] and [[Knox (Head of State)|Knox]] abstained, and with a 4-3 vote, the Court ruled that voter ID laws and laws restricting felons' rights to vote were unconstitutional.


Though the case went largely unreported in the [[United Kingdom]], it had large implications for politics in the [[United States]], and [[Matt Nelson]] won the election for [[President of the United States|President]] with a campaign focused on new-voters. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head of State (novel)|Head of State]]'')
Though the case went largely unreported in the [[United Kingdom]], it had large implications for politics in the [[United States]], and [[Matt Nelson]] won the election for [[President of the United States|President]] with a campaign focused on new-voters. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head of State (novel)|Head of State]]'')
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[[Category:Law and order]]

Revision as of 21:17, 6 October 2019

Zall vs Pennsylvania was a Supreme Court case in which a woman who had been turned away from a polling station because she hadn't been able to produce a driver's license appealed against voter ID laws.

The NAACP took up her case, and it went to the Supreme Court, where it was one of the tightest decisions ever: Justices Gibbons and Knox abstained, and with a 4-3 vote, the Court ruled that voter ID laws and laws restricting felons' rights to vote were unconstitutional.

Though the case went largely unreported in the United Kingdom, it had large implications for politics in the United States, and Matt Nelson won the election for President with a campaign focused on new-voters. (PROSE: Head of State)