Crawford v. Marion County Election Board

A new Indiana voter identification law required voters to show photo identification at the polls. Two legal actions were filed claiming the law is a violation of poor and minority civil rights because requiring photo identification unconstitutionally burdens the right to vote. In both cases, one brought by the ACLU and the other by the Indiana Democratic Party, the lower federal court upheld the Indiana law.

The cases were appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and that Court also upheld the law. The cases were then appealed to the United States Supreme Court.

The American Unity Legal Defense Fund supported Indiana in this appeal with an amicus brief that defended the right of Indiana – and the right of any State – to require photo identification to reduce voting fraud and thus protect the rights of legitimate voters.

In the various suits dealing with photo ID requirements for voters, there has been very little focus on the threat illegal aliens pose to the integrity of America’s election process. Of the nearly 40 briefs filed at the Supreme Court, the American Unity Legal Defense Fund brief argued that voting fraud by illegal aliens is a growing problem that is likely to get worse.

With a surprising majority -- 6 to 3 -- the Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s law requiring photo identification for voters.

More information

Crawford v. Marion County Election Board brief
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board transcript
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board opinion