[EL] South Carolina voter ID law upheld

[Joe La Rue]

I'm not sure how that's any different than what I said: the law was upheld
but won't take effect until 2013.

Joe
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Rob Richie <rr at fairvote.org> wrote:

> There are two sides to this story. Below are the first three paragraphs of
> another story on the ruling
> Rob Richie
>
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-10/south-carolina-voter-id-law-blocked-until-after-election
>
> South Carolina’s law requiring voters to show photo identification at the
> polls was blocked by federal judges in Washington for the Nov. 6 election,
> the fourth time this year a court has rejected similar legislation.
>
> A special panel of three federal judges in Washington today ruled that
> South Carolina’s measure requiring that federal or state-issued photo ID be
> presented at polling stations put an unreasonable burden on minority voters
> in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The judges said the law may
> be used in elections held after this year.
>
> “Given the short time left before the 2012 elections, and given the
> numerous steps necessary to properly implement the law -- particularly the
> new “reasonable impediment” provision -- and ensure that the law would not
> have discriminatory retrogressive effects on African-American voters in
> 2012, we do not grant pre-clearance for the 2012 elections,” U.S. Circuit
> Judge Brett Kavanaugh said in the ruling.
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Joe La Rue <joseph.e.larue at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> It will take effect in 2013.
>> http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/19784995/south-carolina-voter-id;
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/south-carolina-voter-id-law_n_1954770.html
>>
>> Joe
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