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Monday, October 16, 2006

Law - Missouri Supreme Court strikes down voter ID law

Kelly Wiese of the AP is reporting:

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Supreme Court struck down the state's new voter identification law Monday that would have required voters to show a photo ID card at the polls starting this fall.

A lower judge ruled last month that the ID requirement was an unconstitutional infringement on the fundamental right to vote. The state Supreme Court agreed in a 6-1 unsigned opinion.

From a Sept. 26 NY Times report:
The most contentious are laws in three states — Georgia, Indiana and Missouri — where people need government-issued picture ID’s to vote, and provisions here in Arizona that tightened voter ID requirements at the polls and imposed the proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration.
As reported by the ILB August 17th:
Oral arguments will be held on Wed., Oct. 18th at 9:30 a.m. before the 7th Circuit in the appeal from federal district Judge Sarah Evans Barker's decision in the Indiana voter ID challenge, Crawford v. Rokita.
The 127-page opinion by federal (SD Ind.) Judge Sarah Evans Barker, Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita, is available via this ILB entry from April 15th. Judge Barker upheld the state voter ID law.

Here, thanks to How Appealing, is a link to today's Missouri Supreme Court opinion.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 16, 2006 04:41 PM
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