Reply #6: Is THIS what you're really in favor of?

[quiet.american]

When one reads the fine print, the Georgia Voter ID legislation looks more and more like under-the-radar re-districting a la what the "Killer D's" in Texas fought so hard against.


Voter ID Law Is Overturned
Georgia Can No Longer Charge For Access to Nov. 8 Election
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/27/AR2005102702171.html

excerpt:

Last week, when issuing the injunction, U.S. District Judge Harold L. Murphy likened the law to a Jim Crow-era poll tax that required residents, most of them black, to pay back taxes before voting. He said the law appeared to violate the Constitution for that reason.

Under the Georgia law, residents would need to produce original birth certificates and other documents to get the new digital identification card. The cards could only be obtained at Department of Motor Vehicles offices.....

On top of that, the state recently reorganized the Department of Motor Vehicles, paring down the number of offices. After the reorganization, there were no DMV offices in Atlanta, a city with a wide black majority. The closest station is at least nine miles away. Fewer than 60 of the state's 159 counties have DMV offices.

State officials countered that they were providing a single vehicle, known as the GLOW bus, to traverse the state, providing applications and licenses to those with the proper documents. Critics expressed disbelief that one bus could accommodate the needs of so many potential voters.