Voter ID Laws Are Set to Face a Crucial Test

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/us/07identity.html?_r=2&ei=5088&en=90a02db107847a5d&ex=1357448400&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
By IAN URBINA
Published: January 7, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS — In April 2006, a federal judge upheld Indiana’s law on voter identification, the strictest in the nation, saying there was no evidence that it would prevent any voter from having his ballot counted.
Valerie Williams, a Republican, says she was similarly left out.
But on Election Day last November, Valerie [...]

Vote suppression in Florida

From TPM (http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004751.php )

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/NEWS0107/711180401/1075
County election officials say the number of voters lost through Florida’s central registration system is small — 90 percent of applications get voter cards.
The result is applications from more than 43,000 Floridians hoping to become eligible voters over the past 21 months were rejected by state computer programs and kicked [...]

Vote suppression by ID…

 21.8% of black Indiana voters do not have access to a valid photo ID (compared to 15.8% of white Indiana voters – a 6 point gap).
 When non-registered eligible voter responses are included – the gap widens. 28.3% of eligible black voters in the State of Indiana to not have valid photo ID (compared to 16.8% [...]

High Court to Hear Indiana Voter ID Arguments

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iegvd98ph9koi4IJgrhdaPAwZsxQ
By DAVID ESPO – Sep 26, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) — A voter seeking to cast a ballot is first told to produce a photo ID. Is that intimidation or a prudent safeguard against election fraud?
The Supreme Court said Tuesday it intends to decide, stepping into a controversy that blends race, partisan politics and [...]