South Carolina Voter ID Law Blocked For 2012

[ProfessionalLeftist]

Source: TPM - Talking Points Memo

A panel of three federal judges has blocked South Carolina's voter ID law from going into effect in November, according to a court order. The Justice Department had challenged the law under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/south-carolina-voter-id-law-blocked-for-2012

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Not that SC will sway the election either way being a solid red state but it's good to see another of these ALEC-born bills stopped and people's voting rights preserved.

[jsr]

1. Good point about ALEC

This connection ought to be exposed at every turn.

[hue]

2. Awesome!!!

[SCantiGOP]

3. only a delay

Law will be active for any elections beginning in 2013.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

4. Bloomberg link

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-10/south-carolina-voter-id-law-blocked-until-after-election.html

[alp227]

5. The judge who wrote the decision, Brett Kavanaugh, is a GW Bush nominee.

Concurring judge John D. Bates is also a GWB nominee. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a Clinton nominee. Amazing to see a Republican majority panel say no to voter suppression IDs.

[Auntie Bush]

6. Nothing like having political judges.

It can require quite an effort for some to get an ID...that no one will bother after the election...then in 2016 Democrats are really going to feel the effects of that law.

They need to repeal the whole law!

[ProfessionalLeftist]

7. Interesting about the judges. I agree - all of them need to be blanket repealed. Period.

Not "delayed". Not "adjusted". Completely repealed and blocked from ever being brought up again. Of course the GOP and their ALEC friends et al would just come up with some new dirty trickery or Jim Crow stuff, instead.

[Daniel537]

10. They didn't say no, they just said not now

The law will go into effect next year.

[Tx4obama]

8. Kick! n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Great news. So TX, SC, PA all blocked !! Who else is left out there for Nov 2012?