Crawford v. Marion County Election Board

Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
Argued January 9, 2008
Decided April 28, 2008
Full case nameWilliam Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
Docket no.07-21
Citations553 U.S. 181 (more)
128 S. Ct. 1610; 170 L. Ed. 2d 574
ArgumentOral argument
Case history
PriorInd. Democratic Party v. Rokita, 458 F. Supp. 2d 775 (S.D. Ind. 2006); Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, 472 F.3d 949 (7th Cir. 2007); cert. granted, 551 U.S. 1192 (2007).
Holding
A statute requiring voters to show a picture ID is constitutional.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · David Souter
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
PluralityStevens, joined by Roberts, Kennedy
ConcurrenceScalia (in judgment), joined by Thomas, Alito
DissentSouter, joined by Ginsburg
DissentBreyer
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV; Indiana Public Law 109-2005 (SEA 483)

Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, 553 U.S. 181 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that an Indiana law requiring voters to provide photographic identification did not violate the United States Constitution.[1]

  1. ^ Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, 553 U.S. 181 (2008). Public domain This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.