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Eti Research On Disparate Racial Impacts Of Using Driver's Licenses For Voter Ids, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

Research by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute on Wisconsin residents with and without driver’s licenses by race/ethnicity, age, geography, and income levels has aided public officials and the courts in assessing disparate impacts of state laws requiring photo IDs as a condition for voting and the Supreme Court’s examination of challenges to photo ID voter laws using the driver’s license as the primary form of identification.