Gm591 Course Project

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 1. | Question : | TCO B. After the 2010 fall election, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) decides to take matters into its own hands. During the lame duck session, they pass a new "Elections Are Free Act" that requires single people who make more than $75,000/year or married couples who make more than $150,000/year to provide a copy of their tax return to their local county officials before being allowed to register to vote. The return must prove that they have paid at least 15% of their total income in taxes or they are not allowed to register to vote. List two bases under which someone impacted by this law could argue to have the law overturned. |

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  | Student Answer: |   | two bases under which someone impacted by this law can argue to have the law overturned are: 1 There can be no tax imposed to vote. There is no law which states that one is eligible to vote base on his annual wage. Rather the law states that one should be above the age of consent which is 18 years or older to be eligible to vote. 2 There can be no restrictions based on income as to who shall exercise the right to vote. There is again no law which states the marital status and annual wage of persons who should vote. There are no limitations for persons eligible to vote except that the voter must be above the age of 18 and should be mentally stable. |

  | Instructor Explanation: | Students will get credit for listing any of these two: unconstitutional, equal protection, violation of 24th Amendment, violation of the 14th Amendment, discrimination, unlawful poll tax, First Amendment. 7.5 points each. If any student lists cases that are listed as precedent in the following case that explains this, this also gives credit. If a student lists the actual Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, then that also counts. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0383_0663_ZO.html |

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