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"A key prediction of the theory is "cognitive surrender"-adopting AI outputs with minimal scrutiny, overriding intuition (System 1) and deliberation (System 2)."
Am I understanding this right? Student IDs were banned as voting ID, then, during early voting for a few days, they were allowed, and now aren’t? So some students voted that way, and now others voting in the same election aren’t allowed? Again, in the middle of the primary voting period.
How this is legal is beyond me.
Appeals process or not, once allowed, student IDs needed to be accepted at least through the primary.
Please someone tell me that I’ve misunderstood, at which point I can delete this rant.
By this logic then the student ids should have been excluded all along. They were originally not allowed and the appeal let them in. So if we want consistency and not changing mid voting period, keep them out for the entirety. Ps…I think they should be allowed to be used but truly don’t think there are many college students who don’t have another form of valid identification.
Not really. Although they were denied at the beginning, once they were allowed, any students (who were registered) could still come in and use their IDs to vote during the rest of the voting period. The appeal allowed some to vote, then turned it off for any others.
The requirement for the ID to be issued by the State of Indiana or the U.S. Government means that out of state drivers’ licenses don’t qualify. Which would shut out a lot of students.
Hello Jenn and BoilerRunner2023. I am curious, what is stopping a student from updating their current license or state issued ID to local Indiana one?
If the issue is having a state ID, and you want to vote where you attend college, the student could simply update their ID to use their Purdue University address.
Otherwise, the student is eligible vote, most likely by mail, where their permanent residence is, correct?
I have not heard anyone saying that students can't vote. They just can't vote in Indiana without a state issued ID.
Yes, students can vote with a state issued ID, and they were told that a student ID from Purdue qualifies.
My main point was about changing the requirement in the middle of the election. They've taken the steps to register in the first place, which is the biggest hurdle and many may think that their home DL ID that they've used everywhere across the country for everything else would be enough to prove their identity at the polls. Then they're told that doesn't work, but they can use their student ID. Then that changes; student ID doesn't work.
At this time of year with finals and other year-end work, it's just one more thing to work into the schedule. Confusion + Extra Work = Voter suppression. Looking at that alongside the battles that had to be fought just to get a polling place at Cordova.
I can understand why they wouldn't want to give up their home state ID just for this one reason. Maybe you can get a state ID without giving up your home DL, but again - more work, more confusion. I haven't heard of any fraud issues with using student IDs. It would be a lot of work to create a fake student ID to match someone's actual voter registration, ,just to cast one vote in an election.
A student ID is issued by a school and not the government. It may be a public institution, but it isn't a government entity that can issue legal IDs. You can't buy alcohol with one, for example.
Here's one section of code that defines ID:
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2025 Indiana Code Title 9. Motor Vehicles Article 13. General Provisions and Definitions Chapter 2. Definitions 9-13-2-74.5. "Identification Card"
Sec. 74.5. "Identification card" means an identification document issued by a state government either in the form of a physical credential or in the form of a mobile credential for purposes of identification.
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The Indiana Legislature did pass a law previously that went into effect July 1st, 2025 that said an ID issued by an educational institution (e.g. student ID) could NOT be used for the purposes of voting. Instead, an Indiana or US Government ID is required. And before that, students technically could not register to vote in an area they were only present in for educational purposes. It was changed in 2013 or 2015. I forget and tried to find it on the IGA website, but I couldn't.
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IC 3-5-5-7 Temporary residency; residency of students attending postsecondary educational institution
Subject to section 6 of this chapter, a person does not gain residency in a precinct in which the person is physically present for:
(1) temporary employment;
(2) educational purposes, except as provided in subsection (b);
(3) preparing to purchase or occupy a residence; or
(4) other purposes;
without the intent of making a permanent home in the precinct.
(b) The following apply to a student attending a postsecondary educational institution in Indiana...
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Until the recent court injunction, this was the law. Then the District Court entered a preliminary injunction against the law, making student IDs allowed again for the first time since July 1st, 2025. Then the Appeals Court stayed the District Court's injunction, re-instating the original law.
I agree that this is a bit confusing, but the state law was on the books and effective since summer of last year. And no one is disenfranchising the students. They can either update their driver's license to an Indiana one or vote where they have their ID issued.
Suppression? That's a stretch. Frustration. Sure. Only in the context of this whiplash. Otherwise, everyone who asked questions of their local election office would have been told the reality since 2025.
Waiting until early voting has commenced is a fault that rests solely on the individual voter's shoulders. Does it suck? Yes. Did they have months and months to address the ID question? Yes.
There is a voting place at City Hall every year, which is right next to campus. I am not sure of the impact of having the Cordova site. I need to find the number of people who used it in the 2024 election. It wasn't readily available on the County's website.
My understanding is that you can only legally have one ID issued at a time. Why wouldn't a student want to exchange their out-of-state ID for an Indiana one? A student likes Indiana enough to vote in its elections, but they don't want our ID? That doesn't make sense.
I cannot speak to the fraud aspect, but I don't think that was the purpose of this law.
Thanks, Dave. Sadly, as several studies have proven, AI does not assist in cognitive ability. Here's a recent one from The Wharton School:
Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6097646
"A key prediction of the theory is "cognitive surrender"-adopting AI outputs with minimal scrutiny, overriding intuition (System 1) and deliberation (System 2)."
Am I understanding this right? Student IDs were banned as voting ID, then, during early voting for a few days, they were allowed, and now aren’t? So some students voted that way, and now others voting in the same election aren’t allowed? Again, in the middle of the primary voting period.
How this is legal is beyond me.
Appeals process or not, once allowed, student IDs needed to be accepted at least through the primary.
Please someone tell me that I’ve misunderstood, at which point I can delete this rant.
By this logic then the student ids should have been excluded all along. They were originally not allowed and the appeal let them in. So if we want consistency and not changing mid voting period, keep them out for the entirety. Ps…I think they should be allowed to be used but truly don’t think there are many college students who don’t have another form of valid identification.
Not really. Although they were denied at the beginning, once they were allowed, any students (who were registered) could still come in and use their IDs to vote during the rest of the voting period. The appeal allowed some to vote, then turned it off for any others.
The requirement for the ID to be issued by the State of Indiana or the U.S. Government means that out of state drivers’ licenses don’t qualify. Which would shut out a lot of students.
Hello Jenn and BoilerRunner2023. I am curious, what is stopping a student from updating their current license or state issued ID to local Indiana one?
If the issue is having a state ID, and you want to vote where you attend college, the student could simply update their ID to use their Purdue University address.
Otherwise, the student is eligible vote, most likely by mail, where their permanent residence is, correct?
I have not heard anyone saying that students can't vote. They just can't vote in Indiana without a state issued ID.
Hi Zach!
Yes, students can vote with a state issued ID, and they were told that a student ID from Purdue qualifies.
My main point was about changing the requirement in the middle of the election. They've taken the steps to register in the first place, which is the biggest hurdle and many may think that their home DL ID that they've used everywhere across the country for everything else would be enough to prove their identity at the polls. Then they're told that doesn't work, but they can use their student ID. Then that changes; student ID doesn't work.
At this time of year with finals and other year-end work, it's just one more thing to work into the schedule. Confusion + Extra Work = Voter suppression. Looking at that alongside the battles that had to be fought just to get a polling place at Cordova.
I can understand why they wouldn't want to give up their home state ID just for this one reason. Maybe you can get a state ID without giving up your home DL, but again - more work, more confusion. I haven't heard of any fraud issues with using student IDs. It would be a lot of work to create a fake student ID to match someone's actual voter registration, ,just to cast one vote in an election.
Thanks, Jenn.
A student ID is issued by a school and not the government. It may be a public institution, but it isn't a government entity that can issue legal IDs. You can't buy alcohol with one, for example.
Here's one section of code that defines ID:
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2025 Indiana Code Title 9. Motor Vehicles Article 13. General Provisions and Definitions Chapter 2. Definitions 9-13-2-74.5. "Identification Card"
Sec. 74.5. "Identification card" means an identification document issued by a state government either in the form of a physical credential or in the form of a mobile credential for purposes of identification.
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The Indiana Legislature did pass a law previously that went into effect July 1st, 2025 that said an ID issued by an educational institution (e.g. student ID) could NOT be used for the purposes of voting. Instead, an Indiana or US Government ID is required. And before that, students technically could not register to vote in an area they were only present in for educational purposes. It was changed in 2013 or 2015. I forget and tried to find it on the IGA website, but I couldn't.
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IC 3-5-5-7 Temporary residency; residency of students attending postsecondary educational institution
Subject to section 6 of this chapter, a person does not gain residency in a precinct in which the person is physically present for:
(1) temporary employment;
(2) educational purposes, except as provided in subsection (b);
(3) preparing to purchase or occupy a residence; or
(4) other purposes;
without the intent of making a permanent home in the precinct.
(b) The following apply to a student attending a postsecondary educational institution in Indiana...
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Until the recent court injunction, this was the law. Then the District Court entered a preliminary injunction against the law, making student IDs allowed again for the first time since July 1st, 2025. Then the Appeals Court stayed the District Court's injunction, re-instating the original law.
I agree that this is a bit confusing, but the state law was on the books and effective since summer of last year. And no one is disenfranchising the students. They can either update their driver's license to an Indiana one or vote where they have their ID issued.
Suppression? That's a stretch. Frustration. Sure. Only in the context of this whiplash. Otherwise, everyone who asked questions of their local election office would have been told the reality since 2025.
Waiting until early voting has commenced is a fault that rests solely on the individual voter's shoulders. Does it suck? Yes. Did they have months and months to address the ID question? Yes.
There is a voting place at City Hall every year, which is right next to campus. I am not sure of the impact of having the Cordova site. I need to find the number of people who used it in the 2024 election. It wasn't readily available on the County's website.
My understanding is that you can only legally have one ID issued at a time. Why wouldn't a student want to exchange their out-of-state ID for an Indiana one? A student likes Indiana enough to vote in its elections, but they don't want our ID? That doesn't make sense.
I cannot speak to the fraud aspect, but I don't think that was the purpose of this law.