By Richard D. Walton

A federal judge on Friday dismissed claims that a new Indiana law requiring voters to show a photo ID in order to vote is unconstitutional.
 
The decision clears the way for the first statewide test of the requirement during the Indiana primary election on May 2.

U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker said that plaintiffs including the Indiana Democratic Party failed to back up their contention that the law is unduly burdensome and would keep many people from casting ballots.

“Plaintiffs also have repeatedly advanced novel, sweeping political arguments which, if adopted, would require the invalidation” not only of the photo ID statute “but of significant portions of Indiana’s election code which have previously passed Constitutional muster,” Barker wrote.

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I am very pleased with the result of this ruling. As a resident of Indiana, we must protect our earned right to vote from those who haven’t - illegal aliens and felons. Illegal aliens shouldn’t even be in the state in the first place, and therefore aren’t entitled to civil rights granted to residents or citizens of the state.