State Supreme Court Hears Voter ID Case

After two years, I still don't understand why people are against this.

After two years of heated public debate, Georgia's highest court will decide whether a law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls is constitutional.

The Georgia Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday about the state's 2006 law mandating voters to show one of six forms of government-issued photo ID at the polls.

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Barnes walked the justices through Georgia's checkered history on voting requirements, such as mandating that voters own 40 acres of land, have property worth at least $500, pay a yearly poll tax or pass a literacy test unless the voter was a descendant of a Confederate veteran.

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Cohen argued that the law does not impose an unconstitutional condition on voting and that it serves only to establish the identity of a person who goes to the polls to cast a ballot.

Requiring identification in order to vote does not deny people the right to vote, it simply helps prove the voter is who they say they are, guaranteeing the validity of the vote.

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