ABSTRACT
The 2020 Presidential election only served to amplify the question of voting laws and turnout as this election generated the highest turnout in over 100 years with more than two-thirds of the voting eligible population voting. Backers of the Wisconsin law and a wave of similar laws adopted in many other states in recent years argue they are just common-sense precautions to prevent voter fraud. Political participation is the process of turning opinion into an action to influence “who gets what.” Voting in elections is the most obvious way that citizens in representative democracies have to influence government. The right to vote is known as the franchise. Most democracies have mixed histories when it comes to voting rights. Leaders of the early women’s movement had hoped that the initial drive to gain African Americans the franchise would also benefit women. Voter registration requires more effort in the United States than in other democracies.
