We have had a few "legal victories" as of late here in Georgia.
Former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes was able to get the Voter ID requirement put on HOLD for this July Primary, and I think someone else just got it put on hold for all of 2006.
By BRENDA GOODMAN
The New York Times
Published: July 13, 2006
ATLANTA, July 12 — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Georgia law requiring voters to present government-issued ID cards violated the United States Constitution by discriminating against minorities, the poor and the elderly.
If the preliminary injunction imposed by Judge Harold L. Murphy of the United States District Court in Rome, Ga., is not overturned on appeal, it may keep the law from being enforced until this case is settled.
Last week, a state judge temporarily blocked the law, ruling that it violated voter protections in the State Constitution. On Wednesday, the State Supreme Court denied an emergency motion by Gov. Sonny Perdue to overturn the ruling.
The Voter ID law, passed in March 2005 by the Legislature, which is Republican controlled, originally required voters to have drivers’ licenses or other government identification or to buy a special state card. In October, Judge Murphy struck down the law, saying the requirement to buy the special card amounted to an unconstitutional poll tax. The Legislature rewrote the law to make the cards free.
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