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Legislative Watch: Obama supports court ruling

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

JOLIET HERALD NEWS

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., recently praised a U.S. District Court decision to block enforcement of a Georgia law requiring residents to show a photo identification before voting.

The court's opinion concluded that the state law likely violates the 24th Amendment by imposing requirements for voting that disportionately affect Georgia's elderly, low-income and minority voters.

"Georgia's photo ID requirement is nothing more than a modern-day poll tax," Obama said.

At least 150,000 senior citizens in Georgia do not have government-issued photo identification. Also, Georgia only has 56 locations in its 159 counties where people can get the photo ID, which can cost up to $35.