Overview
- U.S. District Judge Richard Young, who issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday, halted enforcement of Senate Bill 10’s student ID restriction before the May 5 primary.
- The lawsuit by Count Us IN, Women4Change Indiana, and IU student Josh Montagne convinced the court the ban likely violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
- Young noted Indiana had accepted compliant student IDs for nearly two decades and the state showed no evidence of voter fraud or election confusion tied to those cards.
- Marion County Clerk Kate Sweeney Bell said poll workers will accept state-college IDs that show a name, photo, and expiration date, and early voting is already underway.
- The state filed notice of an appeal to the 7th Circuit, signaling a fast-moving fight even as local coverage stresses practical guidance for student voters at the polls.