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Court Blocks GA. Photo ID Requirement
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:15:43 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com> Date: October 27, 2005 5:04:05 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com 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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