Voter IDs upheld....
Some sanity prevails...
I love that the dems argument was that it would too burdensome to provide a photo id, yeah its too much trouble to prove that you are who you say you are.
If you're planning to vote in the May 2 primary, you'll have to show a state or federally issued photo ID.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker upheld Indiana's stringent voter-identification law. Barker said plaintiffs, including the Indiana Democratic Party, failed to back up their contention that the ID law is unduly burdensome and would keep many people from casting ballots.
Barker wrote in her 126-page opinion that the opponents' arguments would require "the invalidation" not only of the photo ID statute, "but of significant portions of Indiana's election code which have previously passed Constitutional muster."
A number of states require photo identification for voters, but Indiana's law is considered among the most stringent because it offers few exceptions to the requirement.
The Democratic Party and the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, a co-plaintiff, had argued that the law -- passed by the Republican-led legislature in 2005 to prevent voter fraud -- would particularly affect the elderly, minorities and people with disabilities.
I love that the dems argument was that it would too burdensome to provide a photo id, yeah its too much trouble to prove that you are who you say you are.
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