Voter ID Cards and Constitutionality

This just in from www.electionline.org :

The battle over Georgia's voter ID law has escalated and now appears headed to the State Supreme Court. On Tuesday, Fulton County Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford, Jr. rejected the state's latest attempt to require voters to show government issued photo IDs. Following the judge's decision, a spokesman for the state attorney general's office told The Associated Press that an appeal was already in the works. In his ruling, Bedford said the measure disenfranchises voters and adds a new, unconstitutional condition to voting. "Any attempt by the Legislature to require more than what is required by the express language of! our Constitution cannot withstand judicial scrutiny," Bedford wrote.

And in more voter ID news, a Missouri judge ruled late last week that the new state law requiring voters to show a government-issued photo ID was an unconstitutional infringement on the fundamental right to vote. State Sen. Delbert Scott (R) told The Associated Press that he planned to appeal the ruling. "We feel like it's an important enough issue that we should continue in the process." The Revenue Department, which was tasked with issuing the free, state ID cards, has asked the attorney general's office to appeal to the judge to modify his ruling to allow the agency's work to continue while the matter moves through the courts.