TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Brittany Sims on Oct 10, 2014

An analysis by the Government Accountability Office found that voter turnout dropped by at least 2.2 percentage points in Tennessee in 2012, the first election after passage of new voter ID requirements, the Nashville Scene reports. The Washington Post has parsed the report, which also analyzed turnout in Kansas and includes breakdowns of the law's effect on turnout generally — as compared with other states — as well as a demographic breakdown, which found a particular impact on African Americans and new voters. According to the Post's calculations, based on the data in the report, 88,000 more Tennesseans likely would have voted if not for the new law.