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Wait, what? Indiana has 40,000 – 90,000 students (who are otherwise eligible to vote) navigating life without any alternate form of photo ID other than their student ID? Isn’t that 10%-20% of the statewide enrollment? That’s hard to believe.
We have that many college students that don’t have a drivers license? I’m not sure what that says about Indiana Colleges if they that many are smart enough to get into college but not smart enough to get a drivers license. There needs to be a vetting post-election to see if those who voted in Indiana also cast a vote in their home state as well?
Don B.
+ 1
Clinton judge. Had to make sure they could vote at home and at school… for the same
election.
This isn’t possible. The only people who think that this can be done are low-information Republicans.
And Dennis don’t want any ID
Sorry,
Dems don’t want any form of ID to be required.
That’s a lie, Keith.
To be fair to Keith. He hears that same lie daily on Fox News, Newsmax, etc. They get away with it bc they know their viewers lack critical thinking skills and thirst for red meat politics
Excellent.
Student IDs issued by public universities are eligible State IDs in every form. This was very clearly a voter suppression tactic. It was not subtle.
The ID doesn’t have the students address on it? Vote early vote often. The whole fight against ID to vote is nuts.
The student ID is tied to their address. The public University, and therefore the State, already has that information. The name is cross-referenced with their registration. This isn’t a difficult concept to grasp.
Could any student with a college ID, aka someone from a foreign country, vote using that? or is it referenced against them being a US citizen? I used my college ID for voting back in the day, can’t remember if they validated it against me being american.
They validated your citizenship when you registered to vote. If you aren’t registered to vote and try to, you will be unable to. This isn’t hard. Non-citizens are not voting in elections.
The court’s decision blocking Indiana’s ban on student IDs for voting raises an important question that deserves a clear answer:
Does this mean foreign students or out‑of‑state students can vote in Indiana elections?
Under Indiana law, the answer is no—but the distinction is worth explaining, because it often gets lost in discussions about voter identification.
To vote in Indiana, a person must be a U.S. citizen, a resident of Indiana, registered to vote, at least 18 years old, and have lived in their voting precinct for at least 30 days before the election. These eligibility requirements apply to everyone, including college students. Non‑citizens, including foreign students on visas, are not eligible to vote under any circumstances in Indiana elections, regardless of what ID they possess.
Out‑of‑state students, meanwhile, are not automatically eligible simply because they attend school here. Indiana law allows college students to choose one—and only one—place as their permanent voting residence: either their family home in another state or their campus address in Indiana. If they register in Indiana, they must meet the same residency rules as any other voter and may only vote in Indiana elections, not in their home state.
That distinction matters because student IDs do not establish eligibility on their own. Eligibility is determined at registration, not at the polling place. The ID presented on Election Day is simply a tool to confirm identity—not citizenship or residency—which have already been verified during registration.
This context helps explain why the judge took issue with singling out student IDs while continuing to permit other government‑issued IDs that are no more uniform or rigorous. Students, unlike any other group, were being told that an ID they legally hold and that previously satisfied Indiana’s neutral criteria was suddenly unacceptable—despite no evidence of fraud associated with its use.
Reasonable people can disagree about voter ID policy. But the debate should be grounded in what the law actually permits. Allowing student IDs that meet Indiana’s existing requirements does not open the door to foreign nationals voting, nor does it allow students to vote in two states. Those scenarios remain illegal under long‑standing Indiana and federal law.
If the goal is public confidence in elections, clarity matters as much as enforcement.
Jim B. Thank you. At last some clarity and real information in this dismal list of much opinion and very little knowledge about voter ID.
As far as residency goes, this can apply to “snowbirds” as well as they “live” in two different states with residences likley in both. The form of I.D. is not what really matters so much as ensuring proper establishment of residence which is being used at time of registration. The I.D. ban was a “squirrel” moment for the super-majority attempting to enact their own version of the “SAVE” Act. If they really want to save the elections, do away with single party voting which allows so many to ride the coat tails of others into office with little to no effort on their part. Making people actually understand who they are voting for is what is needed and end the “party vote” option. This applies to both parties.