Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: I ndiana law requires that in order to vote in-person, Hoosiers must present a photo ID. 1 The Indiana rule is the most restrictive in the country; every other state makes it easier to vote. 2 For most people, this requirement is, at worst, an inconvenience, but for others-the indigent, and those who have difficulty getting around-it is more of a burden.3 In September 2007, the U. S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases involving challenges to the law.In Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, handed down in April 2008, the Court upheld the law by a 6 to 3 vote.Although the Court observed that Indiana Republicans had pushed the rule through the statehouse because they calculated that it would discourage mostly Democrats from voting, 4 the Court nevertheless held that the Voter ID law was constitutional, because it could help to reduce voter fraud-even though that was not the reason that the legislature had adopted it.
Source: Indiana Magazine of History
Author: David M. Williams
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1655841980