Voter ID Law Thwarts Elderly Nuns' Attempt to Vote in Indiana Democratic Primary

Tuesday's Indiana Democratic primary provided an opportunity to see the effects of the state's voter ID statute in practice. Last week, the statute was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board.  Although a report in today's Washington Post characterized the impact of the new ID requirements as "mild", it did note an AP story describing how the law led to twelve elderly Roman Catholic nuns being denied the opportunity to vote because they were unable to produce a driver's license or current passport.

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