With the Supreme Court hearing a challenge to Indiana’s voter identification law in January, voter fraud issues have been the subject of significant debate both in the media and in the reform community. Courts have thus far pointed to prevalent fears of voter fraud as a justification for ID requirements, but in a new article, Stephen Ansolabehere and Nathaniel Persily determine that voters’ perceptions of fraud do not have an effect on whether or not they turn out to vote.

Read the article here.