New photo ID laws may impact key elections, hurt minority voter turnout, study suggests
Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 07:32
in Psychology & Sociology
(Phys.org)—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 potentially impacting presidential contests in the battleground states of Florida and Pennsylvania, according to a report released today by the Black Youth Project.