A federal judge struck down an Indiana law barring students from using their school-issued IDs to vote, dealing a blow to the law as early voting in the state is already underway.

U.S. District Judge Richard Young, a nominee of former President Bill Clinton, ruled that SB 10, an Indiana law passed in 2025 that made student IDs insufficient for use as voter identification, unconstitutionally burdens students’ right to vote under the First and 14th amendments. The ruling comes weeks before the state’s May 5 primary election, and roughly a week after early voting for that primary began.