Question

In a six to three vote, the Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law that required voters to present photo identification when voting. Advocates of the law believe that it will help to prevent voter fraud. Opponents believe that it is targeting the poor, who are less likely to have photo identification. As justice David Souter put it, "The onus of the Indiana law is illegitimate just because it correlates with no state interest so well as it does with the object of deterring poorerresidents from exercising the franchise." What would a sociologist call this?
a. political disenfranchisement
b. the invisibility of poverty
c. NIMBY
d. the ideology of the American dream
e. a meritocracy

Answer 1

A) political disenfranchisement.

Answer 2

Answer:

A sociologist would call this:

• a. political disenfranchisement.

Explanation:

Although the use of photo identification in effect would greatly reduce many types of electoral fraud, it must be taken into account that if the poor population (one of the most vulnerable) does not have this type of identification, the aforementioned Indiana law It would prevent these people from exercising their right to vote, which constitutes a complete deprivation of that right, therefore, the most appropriate way to follow would be to carry out a census of the population of Indiana, in which the poorest people are identified and this type of identification is guaranteed, later without enforcing the law since its benefit is still high.