Georgia: election board wants to use voter I.D. "as soon as the law allows"
AP reports: Days after the Georgia's top court tossed out a challenge to the voter ID law, the state election board on Wednesday said the state should move forward in its effort to require voters to show photo identification at the ballot box.
After a lengthy closed session to discuss the ongoing litigation in the case, board members with a 3-1 vote approved a motion expressing their desire that the state implement the voter ID law "as soon as the law allows."
The board's lone Democrat David Worley voted against the measure.
A spokeswoman for Secretary of State Karen Handel said the law would not be in effect for the upcoming special election June 19 in the 10th congressional district, where voters will pick a successor for the late Rep. Charles Norwood.
It's expected the law would be used in September local elections. -- Ga. election board says move forward with voter ID