Today was the last day for testimony in Federal Court in Rome, to determine if making a photo ID a mandatory form ID at the polls is legal.
During closing arguments Attorneys for the state said that there is no way to measure in-person voter fraud and the photo id requirement will do so. But Ed Hines, a lawyer for the plaintiff, says a photo requirement could deter voters from going to the polls.
"Elections are sometimes won by tiny margins. Numbers matter; every vote counts," said Hines.
The plaintiffs, which include common cause and the NAACP, said in their closing argument that the state had not shown any proof that photo ID’s will help prevent voting fraud and that the law targets elderly African Americans.
Secretary of state, Karen Handel, says that this is the best way to get some numbers on voter fraud and that she has done and will do much more to educate voters on this new law if Judge Harold Murphy finds is legal. He's expected to rule within the next 2 weeks.
