Vote fraud coalition fails to halt voter ID

NY Times:

A federal judge on Thursday upheld a Georgia law requiring voters to show photo ID, clearing the way for enforcement at local elections on Sept. 18.

Judge Harold L. Murphy of Federal District Court here ruled that a group of plaintiffs who challenged the law, a coalition that included the American Civil Liberties Union, the N.A.A.C.P. and the League of Women Voters, had not proved that the law placed “an undue or significant burden” on the right to vote.

Passage of the law was one of the first major actions of the newly Republican-led legislature in 2005, and it has been tied up in the courts since then.

Critics say the law will discourage voting, especially among the poor and the elderly. Supporters say it is necessary to prevent voter fraud.

The two sides have had difficulty proving their cases. In hearings, the individual plaintiffs acknowledged that they had the means to obtain photo identification, especially because the legislature had changed the law to make the cards free and easier to acquire.

One man conceded that he had not voted since the 1980s.

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The arguments against voter ID have always been bogus and made in bad faith, to leave the option open for Democrats to engage in voter fraud. The NY Times mention that the government produced no people who admitted to voter fraud. Well duh! Perhaps if they had the Voter ID system it would have been easier to catch them in previous elections.