State Files Suit Over Voter I.D. Law
Rejected by the U.S. Department of Justice, the state's suit argues its controversial law is not discriminatory.
Following through on his threat last month, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson on Tuesday filed suit against the U.S. Justice Department in a bid to overturn the department's December decision to prohibit several controversial provisions of the state's Voter I.D. law from taking effect. "The DOJ has refused to allow South Carolina to enact its Voter I.D. law, claiming it does not adequately protect voters from discrimination, per the 1965 Voting Rights Act," Wilson said in a release. "However, very similar laws have been upheld by the United States Supreme Court (in the case of Indiana), and even pre-cleared by the DOJ itself (in the case of Georgia)." The state's Voter I.D. law was passed in 2011, and requires voters to show photo …
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Dee Marie
6:05 pm on Thursday, March 22, 2012
First of all...besides the obvious, another problem is that this is a LOW priority. It is only a political plot that works to rally the base of people who don't know better. There are so many other priorities in this state! That's the problem! The mere transparency of intent is so obvious! more ›