Voter ID laws posed big hurdle for minority youth in 2012 elections, study confirms
Source: Washington University in St.Louis News
At polling places across America in November 2012, Latinos and African Americans under age 30 were disproportionately asked for identification, even in states that do not have voter ID laws, according to a post-election analysis by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Chicago.
Our study shows that voter ID laws have disproportionately severe consequences for youth of color, says co-author Jon C. Rogowski, PhD, assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University.
Whether the biases are conscious or unconscious, the result of these laws is that people of color are effectively being disenfranchised. Our nation has an obligation to ensure that everyone has equal access to the voting booth.
Rogowski
The study, released this week by the Black Youth Project, is co-authored by Cathy Cohen, PhD, the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
Read more: https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/25115.aspx
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)dembotoz
(16,844 posts)Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)This report comes as no surprise to me.
dembotoz
(16,844 posts)saved me a trip to the hospital
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Unfortunately I've seen similar arguments here whenever voter ID laws are discussed.
msongs
(67,453 posts)AndyTiedye
(23,500 posts)Democratic governors veto the bills, but that only slows them down a little. Vetoes at the state level usually don't mean much.
These bills are passed by Rapeuglican legislatures which are also gerrymandered to keep them that way.
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/91608/mike-beebe-vetoes-voter-photo-id-bill
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)and the Justice Department under the current administration too a fair number of cases on to oppose this.
why would you act like they are doing nothing?