Supreme Court rejects Texas appeal over voter ID law
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday rejected an appeal from Texas in its effort to restore its strict voter identification law, but the case could return to the court later.
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Experts worry about voting-related turmoil on Election Day
This is the first presidential election year without a key enforcement provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, and 14 states have enacted new registration or voting restrictions.
Indiana voter ID law differs from recent overturned rulings
Indiana's voter identification law differs from recently overturned laws in other states that legal experts say have caused disenfranchisement among minorities.
Supreme Court won’t block Texas voter ID law for now
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal to stop Texas from enforcing its challenged voter ID law. But the court said it could revisit the issue as the November elections approach.
MCBA joins national voter registration effort
As part of a national effort, members of the Marion County Bar Association are going to neighborhoods and churches to help lower-income residents get registered to vote prior to the upcoming November election.
Teaching students civics lessons
Indiana programs like mock trial and yVote! educate youth on the courts and government.
No easy fix for waning voter interest
Election results highlight lack of civic engagement in Indiana.
Justices uphold state’s voter ID law
Voters will still need to have valid photo identification to be able to vote in person in Indiana elections.
Supreme Court upholds voter ID law
The Indiana legislature can require people to show photo identification at the polls in order to vote, the Indiana Supreme
Court ruled today.
Justice ponders importance of party-line vote
As the Indiana Supreme Court justices considered the constitutionality of the state's voter ID law this week, one jurist wondered how much the legislative process might factor into the court's analysis of whether a statute is constitutional.
High court grants transfer to voter ID case
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether the state's voter identification law violates the Indiana Constitution.
Court hears state voter ID case
The Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday morning sharply questioned attorneys about the state's five-year-old voter identification law, debating whether the requirements impose an unconstitutional burden on some voters who can't obtain the necessary photo ID.
Plaintiff loses federal challenges to voter ID law
A federal judge ruled against a Cumberland man in his federal challenge to Indiana's voter identification law, but did remand his pending state claims to a Marion Superior Court for consideration.
Attorneys ask justices to consider voter ID case
In an expected move, the Indiana Attorney General's Office has asked the state Supreme Court to consider whether the 4-year-old voter identification law is constitutional.
Appellate court gets dismissed Voter ID case
The Indiana Court of Appeals is being asked to overturn a Marion Superior judge's decision that found the state statute requiring voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot is constitutional.
Federal judge still won’t block Voter ID law
A week before some Indiana voters go to the polls, a federal judge in Indianapolis has declined to block the state's voter identification law that's currently in flux following a state appellate court ruling in September.
Judge declines to interfere with voter ID law
A federal judge in Indianapolis won't interfere with the state law requiring voters to show photo identification at the election polls.
Voter ID questions remain after SCOTUS ruling
The primary election in Indiana has come and gone. Voters had to show photo identification, the same as in other recent
elections, but it was the first since the nation's highest court upheld the almost three-year-old state statute requiring
specific ID at the polls.
7th Circuit denies injunction in voter ID suit
For those photo-showing voters who cast ballots on Nov. 4, rest assured that the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago isn’t going to interfere in the election process already concluded.
ACLU wants SCOTUS to hear Indiana voter ID case
The Supreme Court of the United States is now being asked to weigh in on Indiana's two-year-old voter identification law.