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.