Overview
- An appeals panel reinstated SB 10 on Monday with a stay pending appeal, so public college IDs will not be accepted during early voting or in the May 5 primary.
- A federal judge had blocked the law last week after finding it likely burdens students and young voters, reversing roughly 16 years of student IDs being accepted at the polls.
- State lawyers argued campus IDs differ by school and often lack expiration dates, and Attorney General Todd Rokita praised the ruling as a win for election integrity.
- The Seventh Circuit said a written explanation of the stay will be posted within two business days, and the plaintiffs plan to continue the case.
- Students who relied on campus cards must bring a government-issued photo ID with a name and expiration date, such as an Indiana driver’s license, to vote.