Federal judge blocks Indiana ban on student ID for voting
A federal judge this week blocked Indiana from enforcing a law that bars college-issued student identification cards from being used for voting, ruling that the measure likely violates the constitutional...
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A federal judge this week blocked Indiana from enforcing a law that bars college-issued student identification cards from being used for voting, ruling that the measure likely violates the constitutional rights of students and young voters. U.S. District Judge Richard Young granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday against Senate Bill 10 , a 2025 law that removed student IDs from Indiana’s list of acceptable voter identification even though such cards had been accepted for nearly two decades if they included a voter’s name, photograph, expiration date and were issued by the state or federal government. "Plaintiffs have shown that they are likely to succeed on their claim that SB 10 imposes unconstitutional burdens on students and young voters in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments ," Young, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, wrote in a 34-page order. "They have also established irreparable harm and satisfied the remaining requirements for a preliminary injunction." Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office said Wednesday it intends to appeal, arguing that the state’s voter ID law should not be weakened by court-ordered exceptions. GOP GOVERNORS, AGS BACK TRUMP SAVE ACT PUSH, WARN SYSTEM GIVES ‘UNDUE INFLUENCE’ TO STATES WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS "Indiana’s voter ID law is critical to election security and integrity," the office told the Indiana Capital Chronicle in a statement. "Courts shouldn’t be watering the law down by doling out special exemptions to some students and faculty. We’ll keep fighting to uphold commonsense election rules." Notably, out of state college students might be registered in another state, perhaps a nexus for the state's requiring a state or federal-issued ID. Still, Young concluded that rejecting student IDs for voters "is probably unconstitutional." FLORIDA, MISSISSIPPI JOIN WAVE OF STATES TIGHTENING VOTER CITIZENSHIP RULES "While it's true that an injunction would override a democratically adopted law, Indiana has…