How can effective state laws best support a fair election process?

State laws can ensure fair access for voters to registration and polling places.

State laws can prohibit political speech if it is considered controversial.

State laws can restrict voting rights if the government has a good reason.

State laws can benefit some people and hurt others to keep an election fair.

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One way states can support a fair election process is to

make voting mandatory for all citizens.

train poll workers adequately.

allow only educated individuals to vote.

require all citizens to vote in person.

Read Justice John Paul Stevens’s dissenting opinion in the Citizens United case.At bottom, the Court's opinion is . . . a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self government since the founding, and who have fought against the distinctive corrupting potential of corporate electioneering since the days of Theodore Roosevelt.–Justice StevensDissenting OpinionCitizens United v. Federal Elections CommissionWhat does Justice Stevens say about the Court’s ruling?

Corporate money will make elections more likely to reflect the public will.

Corporate money will have no influence on elections.

Corporate money has changed since the days of Theodore Roosevelt.

Corporate money will make elections less likely to reflect the public will.

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