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Thursday, December 22, 2005
Ind. Courts - More on: Update on the status of the Indiana voter photo-ID law challenge
This ILB entry from yesterday leads you to all the filings in the pending federal case of Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita. Today Charles Wilson of the AP has this story, as published by the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana's new voter identification requirement could make casting ballots such a chore that some people could be discouraged from voting, Democratic Party attorneys argue in new court filings.____Requiring voters to present a government-issued photo ID at polling places unfairly affects the poor, minorities, people with disabilities and the elderly who are more likely to lack driver's licenses, lawyers for the Democrats wrote in a brief filed Wednesday* in federal court that asks the Judge Sarah Evans Barker to throw out the law.
State officials maintain the ID law is a reasonable attempt to protect the integrity of elections. It does not place an unconstitutional burden on voters as the state Democratic Party contends, lawyers representing the state wrote in earlier filings.
State Attorney General Steve Carter argued in a brief this month that the law does not set unreasonable requirements. * * *
Indiana is one of six states with a voter ID law currently in force. A judge suspended Georgia's voter ID law last month.
A hearing has not yet been scheduled in the Indiana case.
*"A brief filed Wednesday" would be Dec. 21st. Unfortunately the filings on the Moritz site are only current through 12/6/05.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 22, 2005 08:09 AM
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