Georgia: elections board votes to appeal voter I.D. ruling, but not seek stay
AP reports: After two years of battles at both the courthouse and the state Capitol, a law requiring photo ID at the polls will not be enforced when Georgians vote for governor, lieutenant governor and other state races in November.
A judge's rebuff this week of the Republican-backed plan, which would have pared down the forms of identification a voter can show from 17 to 6, was the latest in a two-year series of legal setbacks for the effort.
While the state's election board said Friday that it would not ask a higher court to rule on their appeal before the Nov. 7 election, top Georgia Republicans were saying that it may take a constitutional amendment to finally get the law enforced. ...
Friday's election board vote directs state lawyers to appeal the ruling, but not to ask a judge to speed up a decision. -- Macon Telegraph | 09/23/2006 | Election board vote means no photo ID required in November