State Voter ID Laws

Posted on July 19, 2012 by townsend

• Study finds costs associated with voter IDs, By Krissah Thompson, July 17, 2012, Washington Post: “New laws in 10 states requiring voters to show IDs could present serious challenges to voters without financial resources and transportation, according to a report released Wednesday. The study by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, which opposes the new laws, found several obstacles that could keep voters from being able to cast ballots, including limited access to offices that issue the IDs required under the new measures…”
• Study: Many could face obstacles in voter ID laws, By Pam Fessler, July 18, 2012, National Public Radio: “A new report by the Brennan Center for Justice finds that more than 10 million potential voters in states that require photo ID at the polls live more than 10 miles from offices that issue such ID. Nearly 500,000 of these voters don’t have access to a car or other vehicle. Many of these people presumably already have a photo ID, but for those who don’t, the new laws pose a special challenge, according to the Brennan center. The center, which advocates for wider citizen participation in government, opposes many of these new voter ID laws. The report, which details the obstacles to getting government-issued photo ID, is the latest volley in the battle over the impact of new state voting laws…”