[IP] Court Blocks GA. Photo ID Requirement

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks@cadence.com>
Date: October 27, 2005 5:04:05 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
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Subject: Court Blocks GA. Photo ID Requirement
Reply-To: Gregory Hicks <ghicks@cadence.com>


 From the cypherpunks list...

[Using the *financial* angle, having to show state-photo-ID to vote is
overturned.   Interesting if this could be used for other cases where
the state wants ID.]


Today: October 27, 2005 at 12:33:27 PDT

Court Blocks Ga. Photo ID Requirement

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA (AP) - A federal appeals court Thursday refused to let the
state enforce a new law requiring voters to show photo identification
at the polls.

Earlier this month, a federal judge barred the state from using the law
during local elections next month, saying it amounted to an
unconstitutional poll tax that could prevent poor people, blacks and
the elderly from the voting. The state asked the 11th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals to lift the stay, but the court declined.

Under the law, voters could show a driver's license, or else obtain a
state-issued photo ID at a cost of up to $35.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2005/oct/ 
27/102700584.html



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