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

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**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 24, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-did-voter-id-laws-have-in-the-2012-election/664243/35 "2013-07-24T21:12:57Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Missed that. Please repeat.

No, you didn’t miss it.

But sure, what the hell:

The study identifies known instances of voter fraud, and in each cases announces, “None of these cases would have been affected by the use of photo ID.”

But that’s not correct. The presence of a Photo ID requirement means that a legally sufficient case for fraudulent voting can be made. You may remember I linked, as an example, to the case of Ramon Cue in Miami. Mr. Cue is not eligible to vote. Yet records show he repeatedly voted.

But because he denied it, and there was no requirement for Photo ID, there’s no real way to convict him – and his case does not show up on the list of confirmed voter frauds.

That’s a main flaw of the conclusions of the Brennan Center study.

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