Arkansas judge rules voter ID law unconstitutional

Reuters ^ | May 2, 2014 | By Suzi Parker

[Brad from Tennessee]

(Reuters--LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas--An Arkansas judge ruled unconstitutional for the second time in about a week a new law requiring voters to show a photo ID, but said on Friday there was not enough time to prevent officials from applying the law at primary elections this month.

Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Tim Fox said he was staying his order because to do otherwise would create "turmoil" in thousands of precincts. Last week, he said the law was "void and unenforceable."

Nearly three dozen U.S. states have voter identification measures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Many Republicans have maintained that the laws are aimed at preventing voter fraud, but several Democrats dismiss the claim, saying no such problem exists and the measures are actually a way of trying to prevent low-income people and minorities, who typically vote for the Democrats, from casting ballots.

[Theodore R.]

This will help keep the Arkansans on the straight and narrow for Senator Pryor in 2014.

[Mears]

“The courts still ruled the law unconstitutional.”

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What would the court’s rationale be?

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[Delta Dawn]

Do the courts need one anymore?

[Neoliberalnot]

Another tyrannical pig in a black robe crapping in the face of US voters.

[Amagi]

The only purpose in opposing voter ID is to make it ealier for dems to steal elections.
Period. (<-- that last offered in mockery of the lying fraud in the White House, some of whose most signature lies were so punctuated.)

[BradyLS]

I am so sick of this. Do I not have to show my ID when I fly or apply for anything?

No kidding. Private businesses can ask to see your ID just to use your own credit card. Not to mention screening for jobs and rentals. Law enforcement and agency offices will demand it. But to vote? Suddenly, untold masses of eligible citizens, shucky-darns, they just don't have it on 'em.

[mikefive]

We have a president and AG that refuse to follow laws, maybe the Arkansas Gov should just tell this judge to pound sand.

[Shimmer1]

Yes, but you’re not one of the privileged, so show it, sister!

[Brad from Tennessee]

[We have a president and AG that refuse to follow laws, maybe the Arkansas Gov should just tell this judge to pound sand.]

I suspect this judge is part of a nationwide political operation by Eric Holder to kill state voter ID requirements. In some states Democrat secretaries of state—the state official who supervises elections—have pushed back against voter ID laws. George Soros has run a continuing campaign to get Democrat secretaries of state elected across the country as part of a strategy to alter election results. Their biggest accomplishment may have been the fraudulent reelection of Barack Obama.