Is voter suppression by voter ID a myth? Yes, Fox News Latino reports: Eight states currently have voter ID laws in effect including Indiana and Georgia. So if they liberal hypothesis holds true that voter ID laws suppress minority voters you would expect to see depressed turnout numbers. But numerous studies have shown that states with voter ID rules have increased voter turnout. A University of Missouri study found that voter turnout increased by 2 percent in the state of Indiana. The state – which has a strict photo requirement – saw the number of black voters double from 2004 to 2008 and the number of registered Democrats increased 8.3% in that same period. Georgia, which also has a strict ID law, saw their largest voter turnout in history in 2008 as Democrat turnout jumped over six percent from the previous election according to an American University survey. Similar studies conducted by the University of Delaware and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have also shown that voter ID laws do not suppress voter turnout.
Yet the anti-ID crowd continues to assert facts not in evidence – facts refuted by evidence – that the commonsense voting integrity measure of showing a photo ID will “suppress” or “disenfranchise” millions of voters. Experience shows otherwise.
Voter Suppression Myth: “The real myth lies in the claim that voter ID laws suppress minority votes.”
Is voter suppression by voter ID a myth? Yes, Fox News Latino reports: Eight states currently have voter ID laws in effect including Indiana and Georgia. So if they liberal hypothesis holds true that voter ID laws suppress minority voters you would expect to see depressed turnout numbers. But numerous studies have shown that states with voter ID rules have increased voter turnout. A University of Missouri study found that voter turnout increased by 2 percent in the state of Indiana. The state – which has a strict photo requirement – saw the number of black voters double from 2004 to 2008 and the number of registered Democrats increased 8.3% in that same period. Georgia, which also has a strict ID law, saw their largest voter turnout in history in 2008 as Democrat turnout jumped over six percent from the previous election according to an American University survey. Similar studies conducted by the University of Delaware and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have also shown that voter ID laws do not suppress voter turnout.
Yet the anti-ID crowd continues to assert facts not in evidence – facts refuted by evidence – that the commonsense voting integrity measure of showing a photo ID will “suppress” or “disenfranchise” millions of voters. Experience shows otherwise.