Babe Vote/League of Women Voters of Idaho v. McGrane

Summary

The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed judgment on the pleadings for the Secretary of State, holding that the plaintiffs had standing under Idaho's relaxed standing doctrine but that the challenged voter-identification amendments were constitutional. Because the Idaho Constitution expressly authorizes the legislature to prescribe qualifications, limitations, and conditions on suffrage, the court applied rational-basis review and concluded that the amendments were rationally related to election-integrity and identification purposes. The court also rejected the equal-protection claims because the amendments did not involve a suspect classification and were rationally related to a legitimate governmental purpose.