Indiana’s Ban on Using Student IDs for Voting Is Back

A law preventing university ID cards from being used as voter identification in Indiana is back in effect.

Students can’t use their public university identification cards to vote in Indiana, again. A state law banning student ID for voting purposes went back into effect Monday after an appeals court decision, The Indiana Capital Chronicle reported.

Last week, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the year-old law in response to a lawsuit from an Indiana University student and voter advocacy organizations. The plaintiffs argued the law infringed on young people’s voting rights. But the state of Indiana filed an emergency appeal to suspend the preliminary injunction, granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday. The decision comes as early voting for Indiana’s May 5 primary is underway.

Indiana attorney general Todd Rokita posted on X that the decision marks a “BIG WIN for Election Integrity.”

“This commonsense protection is needed to close loopholes, prevent potential fraud by out-of-state or ineligible voters, ensure every ballot belongs to a verified Hoosier, and preserve public confidence in fair, honest, and transparent elections,” he wrote.