# How do voter ID laws suppress minority votes?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-voter-id-laws-suppress-minority-votes/665968 "2013-08-11T22:09:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-voter-id-laws-suppress-minority-votes/665968/208 "2013-09-04T15:47:38Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> In what sense are you using the term “valid” here? Objectively correct? Or just not constitutionally infirm?

I’m quoting, verbatim, Crawford.

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