On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Indiana state law requiring voters to produce state-issued photo identification for eligibility. The law, one of the most restrictive in the country, does not allow students to use college identification cards.  The court, in a vote of 6-3, justified the decision as an effort to protect against voter fraud despite no history of such fraud in Indiana. More than 20 states require some form of identification at the polls and the issue is increasingly split along partisan lines. Civil rights and student groups argue the laws will disproportionately deter student, elderly, minority, and low-income voters from voting. The court’s decision fell exactly a week before Indiana’s presidential primary.

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