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Today’s R&D covers voter ID laws, which have produced considerable controversy for the last decade in American politics.  Those in favor of the laws argue that it prevents illegal immigrants from voting and voter fraud, but opponents argue that they are not needed, impose an unfair barrier on the poor, and violate the Twenty-Fourth Amendment’s prohibition of poll taxes.  The Justice Department is currently suing several states, with North Carolina being the most recent (which is why most of the articles below cover North Carolina), over its voter ID law.