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RandySF

(82,725 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:21 PM 20 hrs ago

Indiana student ID ban faces challenge before primary election

A federal lawsuit is challenging Indiana Senate Bill 10, which prohibits students from using their university IDs to vote. The plaintiffs are seeking a preliminary injunction to block the law ahead of the May 5 primary.

The lawsuit, filed by Count US IN, Women4Change and Indiana University junior Josh Montagne, argues SB 10 makes it harder for young people to vote.

“For decades, tens of thousands of students at Indiana’s public colleges and universities could vote using the student ID cards they carry with them every day,” the lawsuit reads. “Senate Bill 10 changed that. The new law bars students—and only students—from using the IDs most accessible to them.”

The lawsuit says since student IDs meet photo identification requirements, singling them out in Indiana’s voter’s law potentially violates the First, Fourteenth and Twenty-Sixth Amendments.




https://www.ipm.org/news/2026-02-19/indiana-student-id-ban-faces-challenge-before-primary-election

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Indiana student ID ban faces challenge before primary election (Original Post) RandySF 20 hrs ago OP
The GOP doesn't want students to vote as they tend to vote for progressive candidates and progressive issues... wcmagumba 20 hrs ago #1

wcmagumba

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1. The GOP doesn't want students to vote as they tend to vote for progressive candidates and progressive issues...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:30 PM
20 hrs ago

Well duh...

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