James Barta
Role at the time: Indiana solicitor general
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Barta defends the restriction as consistent with the identification requirements other voters face.
“Indiana's Senate Bill 10 provides that all students, staff and faculty at public universities must present the same types of IDs as other voters”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Count US IN v. Morales oral argumentNo. 26-1783; Barta opening argument 00:59-02:37; Branch on ID documents 18:10-19:06 and identity verification 34:16-36:56; full argument 42:05
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Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to the exclusion of student IDs, he defends applying the same identification requirements to university voters and other voters.