Voter ID laws posed big hurdle for minority youth in 2012 elections, study confirms
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.
New photo ID laws may impact key elections, hurt minority voter turnout
Election turnout among young people of color, including African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans, may drop by nearly 700,000 voters in states with new photo ID laws, a decline that could impact presidential contests in battleground states, a new study suggests.