Voter ID Law – Indiana

Indiana Supreme Court upholds voter ID law, By Eric Bradner, July 1, 2010, Evansville Courier and Press: “Hoosiers still must bring government-issued photo identification with them to the polls after the Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the state’s voter ID law. In a 4-1 decision, the state’s high court said the law – passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2005 and subject to challenges since then – is regulatory in nature and does not change who is eligible to vote. The court rejected the League of Women Voters’ argument that the law adds a ‘substantive qualification to the right to vote.’ Justice Brent Dickson, writing for the majority, said since voters already were required to identify themselves at polling places by stating and signing their names, the law is regulatory in nature…”