Real ##ignment laws recently have been upheld in California and rejected in Texas . Nathaniel Persily : Nobody knows the impact of the laws or who will be prosecuted and how . It 's hard to find voters , he says , and hard to find voters impersonating another person . Persily : Upshot may be more likely as voters without IDs turn to absentee ballots .
Voter ID laws recently have been upheld in Pennsylvania and rejected in Texas . Nathaniel Persily : Nobody knows the impact of the laws or who will be affected and how . It 's hard to find plaintiffs , he says , and hard to find voters impersonating another person . Persily : Upshot may be more fraud as voters without IDs turn to absentee ballots .