US EditionFederal judge blocks Indiana ban on student ID for voting
The ruling restores college IDs for voting after the judge found the ban likely burdens students and could affect about 40,000 voters, he said.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young issued a preliminary injunction blocking Indiana's Senate Bill 10, restoring college-issued student IDs as acceptable identification for the May 5 midterm elections.
- Republican lawmakers pushed through SB 10 last year, arguing college IDs lacked the "rigor" of driver's licenses. The law eliminated a practice accepted for 16 years, making student IDs the only valid identification previously allowed but now banned.
- Young found no evidence student IDs caused fraud, calling the ban "a solution in search of a problem." He estimated about 40,000 students would be impacted, many unable to obtain alternative identification like state driver's licenses.
- Marion County Clerk Katie Sweeney Bell called the injunction a win for student voters, stating the case continues while student IDs remain acceptable for casting ballots during ongoing litigation.
- The court signaled the law likely violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments by imposing unconstitutional burdens on students. This decision arrives amid a national trend of Republican lawmakers tightening ID requirements, affecting young voters nationwide.
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Clinton Judge Tosses Indiana Voter ID Law
A federal judge appointed by President Bill Clinton blocked Indiana from enforcing a 2025 law that removed college-issued student identification cards from the state’s list of acceptable voter identification, issuing a preliminary injunction Tuesday that state officials say they will immediately appeal. U.S. District Judge Richard Young ruled that Indiana Senate Bill 10 “is probably unconstitutional,” finding that it imposes unlawful burdens on …
Federal judge strikes down Indiana ban on student IDs for voting
A federal judge struck down an Indiana law barring students from using their school-issued IDs to vote, dealing a blow to the law as early voting in the state is already underway. U.S. District Judge Richard Young, a nominee of former President Bill Clinton, ruled that SB 10, an Indiana law passed in 2025 that made student IDs insufficient for use as voter identification, unconstitutionally burdens students’ right to vote under the First and 14t…
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