Since 2010, 25 states have enacted new voting restrictions, including strict photo ID requirements, early voting cutbacks, and registration restrictions.
The Census Bureau is planning a host of new developments in an effort to modernize the head count, but the funding challenges that the bureau faces raise concerns that it may not be able to implement the proposed changes successfully.
John Mueller is a political scientist at Ohio State University and at the Cato Institute. Mark G. Stewart is professor of civil engineering at The University of Newcastle, Australia.