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Argued January 9, 2008—Decided April 28, 2008*. After Indiana enacted an election law (SEA 483) requiring citizens voting in person to present government-issued photo identification, petitioners filed separate suits challenging the law’s constitutionality.
A 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a 2005 Indiana law requiring all voters casting an in-person ballot to show a government-issued photo identification in order to vote, Crawford v. the Marion County Election Board stands as one of the landmark voting cases in American history. The statute (SEA 483) requires that a person ...
Even though Indiana’s own negligence may have contributed to the serious inflation of its registration lists when SEA 483 was enacted, the fact of inflated voter rolls does provide a neutral and nondiscriminatory reason supporting the State’s decision to require photo identification.
s disposable. Last Term, in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board,1 the Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s Senate Enrollment Act No. 4832 (SEA 483) against a facial challenge, reason-ing that the state’s interest in preventing voter fraud justified requiring every in-person voter to produce valid, government-issued photo iden-tification.3 In re...
Apr 28, 2008 · The Indiana voter ID case is the most important voting rights case since Bush v. Gore. Due to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 9, 2008, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board will determine which American citizens are able to exercise their right to vote and which Americans are not.
No. 07–21. Argued January 9, 2008—Decided April 28, 2008* After Indiana enacted an election law (SEA 483) requiring citizens voting in person to present government-issued photo identification, petitioners filed separate suits challenging the law’s constitutionality.
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In the reasoning section of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, the Supreme Court provided a multifaceted analysis to uphold the Indiana Voter ID Law, which required voters to present government-issued photo identification at the polls.
