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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Supreme Court looks ready to back Voter ID

The Supreme Court appeared ready today to uphold the nation's strictest requirement that voters show photo identification before casting a ballot. That would likely mean Georgia’s photo ID would remain in place. Today's arguments were over a challenge to an Indiana law, supported by Republicans and opposed by Democrats. Critics call it a thinly-veiled effort to discourage elderly, poor and minority voters. But Justice Anthony Kennedy, often a key vote on the court, did not sound convinced by that argument, asking whether the justices were being asked "to invalidate a statute on the ground that it's a minor inconvenience to a small percentage of voters?"

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