On April 14, 2026, U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Young issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of Indiana SB 10 - a law enacted in 2025 banning Indiana students from using student IDs as voter identification.

Plaintiffs in the case include Count US IN , Women4Change Indiana, and Indiana University Bloomington student Josh Montagne.

Defendants in the case include Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales, the members of the Indiana Election Commission in their official capacities, and the members of the Monroe County election board.

Here's some of what Judge Young said in his ruling:

But student IDs have qualified as proof of identification under Indiana's voter ID law for nearly two decades. To eliminate the ID that students and young voters are far more likely to rely on, Defendants must better document the unique problems student IDs raise. On this record, SB 10 looks more like a solution in search of a problem.

Source:

Askins, Dave. (April 14, 2026). "Judge restores use of state-issued university student cards as voter ID in Indiana—for now". B Square Bulletin. Retrieved 2026-04-15.

The Elias Law Group represented the plaintiffs in this case.

Here's some of what Marc Elias said about this case in an e-mail I received from him today:

Ever since Indiana became the first state to enact a strict voter ID law in 2005, it has served as the blueprint for other states looking to restrict voting rights. Under that law, a person seeking to cast a ballot needs to show identification that includes their name and photo. The ID must contain an expiration date and be unexpired. Finally, only IDs issued by the state of Indiana or the federal government are acceptable.

Last year, Indiana took it a step further, revising its law to explicitly rule out any "document issued by an educational institution." The motivation behind this change was clear: A large number of students at Indiana University were relying on their state-issued university IDs to vote.

When we filed the lawsuit, I made clear that Indiana's law was blatantly unconstitutional and that we would vindicate the rights of our clients and all voters. No large national news outlet covered the lawsuit or my promise to fight for the voting rights of Hoosiers.

Finally, on Tuesday, the court ruled in our clients' favor. Holding that the new law "looks more like a solution in search of a problem," the court blocked it from taking effect for the upcoming midterm elections. The court estimated that the new law would disenfranchise 40,000 eligible student voters — a staggering number.

I have no idea if those 40,000 voters will make the difference in the 2026 midterms. I have no way of estimating how many of them, if turned away at the polls, would simply give up on voting in the future. What I do know is that they deserved someone fighting for their right to vote, and I am proud that my firm played that role.