Judge issues restraining order Ga. ID law (requiring proof like photo ID is unconstitutional burden)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/7/06 | Shannon McCaffrey - ap

[NonValueAdded]

Who are the two nimrods who lack the necessary ID to vote and would have an undue burden to obtain said ID? Has anyone challenged the veracity of their claim? If they are that enfeebled, perhaps they need guardians appointed. We all know the real reason for the opposition is to enable voter fraud. The tortured protestations otherwise are insulting.

[Howlin]

New Orleans refugees?

[maine-iac7]

Once again - an activist judge overturns a law made by the legal law making body - the legislature.

This has got to be stopped - democracy is out the window. The activist judges are becoming the ruling class - They overrule votes of the people AND laws passed by the duly elected legislature -

How long are they going to be allowed to get away with this?

[HardStarboard]

>>>"requiring proof like photo ID is unconstitutional burden"<<<

Go tell that to the Mexicans, Judge. They require photo ID to vote and just had a very orderly and, by most accounts, including international observers, an amazingly fraud fee election.

Or maybe your satisfied with a lower standard than Mexico for the US.....so you can retain power - with down home fraud!!

[SoCar]

Biggest load of crap I've ever heard.

[Marius3188]

This is crazy.

The 'Feds' have to ensure that the 26th Amendment is enforced and ensure that everyone is 18 and older who votes. One of the ways to ensure this is with a photo ID to match their birth cert.

As many people have said before if you need photo ID to buy Sam Adams at the least you have to show it to vote.

[Waco]

A Judge, aiding and abetting the planning of a felony. Ain't that rich? Attention all dummies,,,you use te SAME ID you used to REGISTER. That hard to understrand? Where ya from, New York???

[NonValueAdded]

Reality refugees. I took a look at the TRO and I believe the judge torpedoes his own ruling. He states that "the right to vote is not absolute as the State can impose voter qualifications and regulate access to voting [emphasis added]." He then goes on to say that "the power to regulate elections does not justify the abridgment of the right to vote." Well, showing an ID to prove that you are the person actually registered to vote does not abridge your right to vote. The right of registered person X remains intact and that person can cast a ballot up to the expiration of the time to do so. Early voting and absentee voting abilities facilitate the process for the actual person registered to vote. The act has nothing to do with abridging the right to vote of an eligible citizen, it simply controls access to voting and ensures an impostor does not usurp the voting rights of the registered voter or dilute the rights of all other voters by adding fradulent votes to the overall count. This ruling cannot stand on appeal.

[GoodWithBarbarians JustForKaos]

"As many people have said before if you need photo ID to buy Sam Adams at the least you have to show it to vote."


So I guess soon, we won't need photo ID to buy alcohol. Then minors can vote drunk. Twice!

[Pikachu_Dad]

Hon. Melvin K. Westmoreland
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[Pikachu_Dad]

Not much meat in that ruling and absolutely NO reference to the particular part of the constitution he is invoking.

[backhoe]

The Judge reveals his ignorance:

Look South - Americans could learn from Mexican elections. --Despite this ruckus, Mexicans have something to teach Americans about how to run an election. Many types of vote fraud that have been alleged in American elections simply could not occur in Mexico. After Mexico’s 1988 election, when the Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) was accused of staging a computer crash that gave them the votes needed to stay in power, major reforms were implemented. To begin, Mexico spends much more than the U.S. on measures to prevent vote fraud. All voters in Mexico must present voter IDs at the polls, which include not only a photo but also a thumbprint. Opponents of a photo-voter-ID system in the United States argue that any such system would keep voters from the polls — and would impact mostly lower-income voters. Yet in Mexico, where about 40 percent of the population is below the poverty line, strict voter-ID rules have actually increased voter turnout .

[gaspar]

The Mexican government can demand a photo ID of its citizens, but the State of Georgia finds itself with so many idiots that it becomes a burden on voters? Give me a break! The Democrats simply don't want to lose their ability to cheat. If lawyers are parasites who feed on the body politic, what are judges? Chancres?

[Wristpin]

Seems to me the Repubs are milquetoasting the real issue here. People using the loose ID rules to vote multiple times. Each multiple vote effectively cancels the vote of an American citizen and violates their civil rights.

When they catch the Dems red handed they need to scream loudly and prosecute instead of just letting it fade away. It only emboldens them.

[apillar]

I personally feel having to put up idiotic decisions with liberal judges is an unconstitutional burden.

But, hopefully, the Georgia Supreme court will bitch slap this judge just like it did the one who ruled the gay marriage amendment unconstitutional.

[mewzilla]

Where ya from, New York???

NYS requires ID to get a fishing license. Then you've got to wait while they run your ID. Pretty bad when you have to go through more rigamarole to fish than to vote

[olezip]

What an absolute moronic finding! So photo ID is unconstitutional? What about Drivers Licenses? What about Passports? What about workplace ID badges? The purpose of all of these photo IDs is to identify the person holding the badge or license. It seems rather stupid beyond incredible that such a finding would be put forth by someone with a brain that works. These people are corrupt and/or they have a mental disorder! We are dealing with very sick people here!

[mewzilla]

Go tell that to the Mexicans, Judge.

So much for the libs' love of foreign law....

[pasquale]

"Democracy only works because people have trust in the integrity of the ballot box," said Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue, who signed the voter ID measure into law earlier this year. "I respectfully disagree with Judge Westmoreland, and believe that Georgia's law is not only constitutional, but a common sense, prudent protection of the election process."

The only thing wrong with that statement is the word "respectfully."