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Highest Court Tackles Voter ID Case
The Supreme Court, the highest court in our land, is listening to an important case about who gets to vote. The Court will decide later this year if an Indiana law is fair or a violation of the Constitution. The law says that people must show a driver's license or other official ID in order to vote.
Indiana Republicans wrote the law and insist it is fair. They want people to prove who they are, saying that without an ID, people will commit voter fraud. Voter fraud is when people who aren't eligible pretend that they are and vote anyway.
Democrats say that laws requiring voters to show ID are unconstitutional because the Constitution gives all citizens the right to vote. They argue that the law is unfair because some poor people or the elderly who may not have the right kind of proof will be prevented from voting. So the law discriminates against certain voters.
The Supreme Court is considering whether the law is constitutional and will rule later this year. Many people think they will say the law is fair, in which case the Indiana law and similar ones in about half the states will remain legal. That will help determine who gets to vote in the presidential election this fall and for years to come.
I'm Ben and that's what happened in our nation this week.
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