"Digital identification cards like the ones used by UNC students are as reliable and secure as physical identification cards-if not more so," said Patrick Williamson, Counsel at Fair Elections Center. "There are no greater security risks associated with the use of digital identification cards. However, preventing students from using their digital identification cards would almost certainly lead to voter confusion about what form of ID is needed to vote; a lack of clarity around the process for obtaining the necessary ID; and inconsistency in election administration at student voting sites. For these reasons and many more, UNC students should be able to use their digital Mobile One Cards as identification cards."
The amicus brief outlines research conducted by Professor Peck and students in the Youth Voting Rights Lab at Duke University regarding the potential for voter confusion and disenfranchisement when a university makes multiple forms of student identification available, but not all of those forms are approved for voting purposes - as would be the case at UNC if the UNC Mobile One Card is suddenly stripped of its voting validity.
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