GAO report confirms that strict photo ID laws reduce voter turnout of minorities and young people
The congressional research arm has confirmed what foes of strict photo voter ID laws have been saying for several years: The laws tend to harm voter turnout overall and particularly turnout of minorities and youth. Young people, blacks, Latinos, American Indians and, recently, Asian Americans tend to support Democratic candidates.
The Government Accountability Office reviewed 10 studies, five of which showed no change in turnout in states with strict ID laws, four found decreases and one found an increase. In its own test case, the GAO concluded that strict voter ID laws cut voter turnout in Tennessee and Kansas in the 2012 election. The drop was around 2.2 and 3.2 percentage points in Tennessee and 2 percentage points in Kansas. The decrease was greater among younger voters, racial minorities and voters who were newly registered compared with those registered 20 years or more.
GAO calculated the decrease among African American voters at nearly 4 percent more than among whites in Kansas, and close to 2 percent more among blacks than whites in Tennessee.
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