Washington DC – April 28, 2025 – Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit supporting the constitutionality of Idaho’s recently enacted voter identification laws.
The case challenges Idaho’s 2023 legislation removing student IDs as an acceptable form of identification for voting. RITE filed in support of Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane, arguing that the state’s updated voter ID requirements are not only constitutionally sound, but also a reasonable and necessary measure to protect the integrity of the ballot box.
Idaho’s law continues to allow multiple secure forms of ID—including free, state-issued identification—and applies uniformly to voters of all ages. As RITE’s brief explains, the removal of student IDs, which often lack consistent security features, is a legitimate step to ensure that only qualified voters cast ballots, and does not constitute age-based discrimination under the Twenty-Sixth Amendment.
“Idaho’s voter ID law treats every voter equally, regardless of age, and helps ensure the state has uniform procedures to verify the identity of Idahoan voters,” said RITE spokesman Tim Murtaugh. “The Constitution guarantees the right to vote—not the right to demand election processes designed around a specific group’s preferences. States have every right to strengthen election security with uniform, age-neutral rules like Idaho has done here.”
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