# What effect did voter-ID laws have in the 2012 election?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 22, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-did-voter-id-laws-have-in-the-2012-election/664243 "2013-07-22T20:08:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-did-voter-id-laws-have-in-the-2012-election/664243/18 "2013-07-23T23:56:04Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> Hey, its ok if we pass a law saying conservatives have to show 3 forms of ID to vote, as long as it motivates them to vote more, the end result is all that matters right? Who cares that it would be a totally illegal law

I care. That’s why I favor Voter ID. As the Supreme Court ruled in _Crawford v. Marion County_, that a very legal law.

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