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Study: Young minority voters asked for ID more frequently than whites

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Young black and Latino voters were asked far more often to demonstrate they were eligible to vote than their white counterparts, even in states without voter identification laws, according to a new study by researchers at Washington University of St. Louis and the University of Chicago. Politico reported…

New Study Shows That Voter ID Laws Disproportionately Impacted African American And Latino Youths Trying To Cast Ballots

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
— At polling places in November, Latinos and African Americans under age 30 were disproportionately asked for identification, even in states that do not have voter ID laws.  Overall, 17.3 percent of Black youth and 8.1 percent of Latino youth