Missouri: another suit against the voter I.D. law
The Kansas City Star reports:
A second lawsuit was filed Thursday challenging Missouri's new law requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification at the polls starting with the Nov. 7 election.
The plaintiffs are five voters who say they don't have acceptable ID cards and a group called Give Missourians a Raise Inc., which is supporting an issue on the November ballot that would raise the minimum wage. The group is concerned that many voters who would vote in favor of that measure will be kept from the polls for lack of acceptable identification. ...
The suit claims that the law unconstitutionally requires voters to pay for documents such as a birth certificate or a passport that are needed to get an acceptable nondriver's ID under the law, though the new law does pay for the cost of the ID itself.
The suit also claims that the law disproportionately affects the poor, minorities, older residents and people with disabilities, who are less likely to drive a car and thus less likely to have a photo ID. The suit says at least 170,000 registered Missouri voters do not possess a photo ID. -- Kansas City Star | 08/04/2006 | Voter ID prompts lawsuit