Voter ID laws recently have been upheld in Pennsylvania and rejected in Texas . For Applewhite , unlike most of us , exercising her right to vote was worth the fight in court . Nathaniel Persily , a law professor at Columbia University who studies voting rights issues said the Supreme Court decision was “very significant” for states that are trying to implement voter identification laws. 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 .
Voter ID laws recently have been upheld in Pennsylvania and rejected in Texas . Nathaniel Persily , a law professor at Columbia University who studies voting rights issues said the Supreme Court decision was “very significant” for states that are trying to implement voter identification laws. 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 .