New Study Finds African Americans, Low-Income Voters, Students, Seniors Least Likely to Have Valid Voter ID
Brennan Center for Justice Press release 11/13/07NEW YORK - Citing new evidence that Indiana’s voter identification law is disenfranchising thousands of Indiana voters, lawyers at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and a coalition of voting rights organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to scuttle the Indiana law.
The Brennan Center’s brief comes as new research, also released today, from the University of Washington Institute on for the Study of Ethnicity and Race is providing the first direct evidence that Indiana’s voter identification law is disenfranchising thousands of Indiana voters, especially African-American and low-income voters as well as senior citizens and students.
“The state of Indiana has the most stringent voter identification law in the country. This study makes clear that their law - rather than preventing fraud - is actually disenfranchising substantial numbers of Indiana voters,” said Michael Waldman, the Brennan Center’s executive director.
The Washington Institute study, “The Disproportionate Impact of Indiana Voter ID Requirements on The Electorate” is available from the Brennan Center web site.
Posted: November 14th, 2007 under Voting issues.
