Focus (Forum & Focus)
Oct. 5, 2007
Numbers Don't Match the Rhetoric on Upcoming Supreme Court Voting Rights Case
Forum Column - By David B. Muhlhausen - Though critics charge that voter identification laws disenfranchise blacks and Hispanics, recent studies suggest that the rules may have a surprisingly contrary effect: increasing minority turnout.
By David B. Muhlhausen
Justice is supposed to be blind. But let's hope that, as the Supreme Court considers whether voter identification laws are constitutional, the justices are willing to look at all the relevant information about such laws.
First, consider how the case came about. Indiana was one of the first states to require that voters show a photo ID before casting the...
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