The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday threw out a challenge to the state's voter I-D law on a technicality. The state Supreme Court decided that the plantiff in the voter I-D case did not have the legal standing to challenge the law. So no decision was made on the validity of the photo I-D requirement.
The ruling does overturn a decision last September by a Fulton County Superior Court judge, that said the law requiring a picture I-D at the polls was unconstitutional and an undue burden on voters. After that ruling the state election board decided not to require photo I-D cards for the November elections.
The battle over Georgia's voter I-D law has been going on for over a year in state and federal court. Opponents claim the law will disenfranchise minorities, the poor, and the elderly who don't have a driver's license or other government-issued photo I-D.
The law's supporters, including Governor Sonny Perdue, say it is needed to prevent voter fraud. No examples of in-person voter fraud have been presented in any of the court challenges. But supporters say the potential exists.
The ruling does overturn a decision last September by a Fulton County Superior Court judge, that said the law requiring a picture I-D at the polls was unconstitutional and an undue burden on voters. After that ruling the state election board decided not to require photo I-D cards for the November elections.
The battle over Georgia's voter I-D law has been going on for over a year in state and federal court. Opponents claim the law will disenfranchise minorities, the poor, and the elderly who don't have a driver's license or other government-issued photo I-D.
The law's supporters, including Governor Sonny Perdue, say it is needed to prevent voter fraud. No examples of in-person voter fraud have been presented in any of the court challenges. But supporters say the potential exists.
