Georgia: state supreme court hears arguments in voter I.D. case
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: After two years of heated public debate, Georgia's highest court will decide whether a law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls is constitutional.
The Georgia Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday about the state's 2006 law mandating voters to show one of six forms of government-issued photo ID at the polls.
The issue has pitted Republicans against Democrats, black lawmakers against their white colleagues, and liberal advocates for the poor and disabled against conservatives who championed the sanctity of the ballot box. It has also created a new battleground for former campaign rivals Gov. Sonny Perdue and former Gov. Roy Barnes.
Barnes, a Democrat, filed the lawsuit against Perdue, the Republican who beat him, and the state on behalf of Rosalind Lake, a disabled Atlanta woman who does not have a state-issued photo ID. In a booming voice, Barnes told the court Monday that the law violates the state constitution because it imposes an unnecessary condition on the act of voting in person. -- Justices weigh voter ID lawsuit | ajc.com