AP: Ga. Appeals Restraining Order on Voter IDs

[Eugene]

Ga. Appeals Restraining Order on Voter IDs


Monday July 10, 2006 3:16 PM

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's attorney general filed an emergency appeal Monday
of a court order that blocks the state from enforcing its new voter photo
identification law during next week's primary elections.

The new law requires that every voter who casts a ballot in person produce
a valid, government-issued photo ID. Elections officials had already distributed
several dozen of the new voter photo IDs to people, primarily seniors, who don't
have a driver's license, passport or other qualifying photo ID.

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The motion seeks to stay the temporary restraining order issued Friday by Fulton
County Superior Court Judge Melvin Westmoreland.

In his sharply worded ruling, Westmoreland said the voter ID law "unduly burdens
the fundamental right to vote rather than regulate it" and would cause
"irreparable harm."

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5941743,00.html

[bunkerbuster1]

1. Roy Barns is heading up the opposition to the ID bill? Cool.

from the article:

"Gov. Roy Barnes had requested the restraining order, arguing before the judge Thursday that the law violates the state's constitution, which he said guarantees the right to vote."

Glad to see he's putting his legal expertise to work.

[CottonBear]

2. Roy Barnes is a good man. I'm proud of him.

I hope the restrainig order stands, at least until after the primary but, hopefully, permanently.