The Supreme Court has upheld an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo identification. In a 6-to-3 ruling, the court agreed with Republican supporters that the voter ID law was necessary to prevent voter fraud and safeguard public confidence in the integrity of elections. Democrats and civil rights groups have opposed the law, saying it is a thinly veiled effort to suppress elderly, poor and minority voters — those most likely to lack proper ID and who tend to vote for Democrats. In his dissent, Justice David Souter said Indiana’s voter ID law “threatens to impose nontrivial burdens on the voting rights of tens of thousands of the state’s citizens.” According to the American Civil Liberties Union, Indiana has not prosecuted a single case of in-person voting fraud in recent history. Indiana is one of over twenty states that have passed voter ID laws. Other states are considering similar legislation.