Judge Bars State’s Use of Voter ID Rule This Year
The same federal judge who threw out the state’s voter ID law last year blocked the state from enforcing its revised law during this year’s elections.
The ruling came less than two hours after the Georgia Supreme Court denied the state’s emergency request to overrule a state court order that blocked enforcement of the new photo ID law during next week’s primary elections and any runoffs.
U.S. District Judge Harold L. Murphy’s ruling, which he delivered verbally from the bench, was much broader, also including the Nov. 7 general elections and any runoffs. Murphy said the state’s latest attempt at requiring photo IDs discriminated against people who didn’t have driver’s licenses, passports or other government identification.
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