Georgia: voter I.D. case returned to district court
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: A federal appeals court in Atlanta will not hear the state's case March 1 on the legality of the state's photo voter ID law.
In a ruling issued Thursday, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals sent the case back to a lower court in light of the passage of Senate Bill 84, which made changes to the photo voter ID law passed last year. In October, federal Judge Harold Murphy of Rome temporarily blocked enforcement of the new law requiring voters to show government-issued photo ID at the polls, ruling that it appeared unconstitutional. Murphy said the ID amounted to a poll tax, because people had to pay to acquire one. He also said getting the ID cards was difficult for many people because of the limited locations throughout the state where they could be obtained. -- Voter ID case sent back to lower court | ajc.com