Memphis: Supreme Court Upholds Voter ID; Library Cards Don’t Count
From WREG (Memphis):
Tennessee’s Supreme Court ruled against the City of Memphis and has upheld the state’s Voter ID law.
The court upheld the 2011 law which requires photo identification for those who are registered to cast a vote.
Two voters and the City of Memphis sued arguing the ID requirement was an unfair burden and unduly affected the poor and minorities.
The TN Supreme Court also ruled Memphis Library Cards, on which the city spent more than $60,000, cannot be used as proper voter ID.
“We felt because of the way the law read, that these cards should have been able to be used,” Memphis City Councilman Myron Lowery said.
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More From the Tennessee Supreme Court Including Full Text of Opinions Published on October 17, 2013
See Also: After Courts Reject Library Card as Voter ID, Memphis Appeals Requirement (by Bob Warburton; October 9, 2012)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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