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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]]'') | ||
[[Category:Law and order]] | [[Category:Law and order]] | ||
