Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates February 2008 No. 2 Vol. 11
Indiana Democratic Party, et al.

Voter ID Laws

Photo Identification Requirements at the Polls

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Indiana Democratic Party, et al.

Petitioners

Geoffrey S. Lohman, Counsel of Record The Indiana Democratic Party,joined by a group of party politicians and nonprofit groups, filed suit againstthe Marion County, Indiana, Election Board and several Indiana governmentofficials in 2005, challenging the constitutionality of the State’s lawrequiring voters to show photo identification prior to casting a ballot. AFederal district court upheld the law, and a divided panel of the SeventhCircuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed. The Indiana Democratic Party appealedto the U.S. Supreme Court, which granted certiorari on September 25, 2007.Geoffrey S. Lohman is an associate with the law firm Fillenwarth, Dennerline, Groth & Towe, where he…

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