Lt. Governor: Voter ID proposal removed from agenda

[Charlie Brown]

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgia/

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle told reporters today a measure to amend the Georgia Constitution to clear the way for a controversial photo voter ID requirement will not come to the Senate floor for a vote.

Senate Resolution 4, sponsored by Sen. Cecil Staton (R-Macon), was assigned to a Senate committee Thursday. If approved by a two-thirds majority of the Senate and House, and then by Georgia voters in a statewide referendum, SR 4 would allow the General Assembly to enact regulations over voting, including a future photo ID requirement.

Past attempts by the Legislature to enact photo ID at the polls have been struck down by state and federal courts. A Fulton superior court judge last year ruled that the Legislature lacked the authority in the state Constitution to pass laws restricting the right to vote to only those who hold picture ID.

On Thursday, Sen. Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta) predicted that another bitter, divisive fight over photo ID in the General Assembly would harm the newly-inaugurated lieutenant governor’s efforts at bi-partisanship.

“If you don’t have the votes, it’s not worth the fight,” said Cagle, who has appointed three Democrats to chair Senate committees. “I’m not pushing it. I’m not interested in bringing bills to the floor … if there’s no possibility of it passing.”

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1. Lt. Governor: Voter ID proposal removed from agenda

I find myself applauding the actions of a Jawja Republican. Excuse me while I go bathe in lye soap...

This was the biggest snow job I've seen since the run-up to the War on Terror (reg, TM, copy). "Disenfranchising voters" my shiny metal a$$. Anyone who can get a bank account opened in this state can vote. It's as simple as that. When, back in the '04 election, I went to my precinct to vote, taking out my driver's license, the registrar told me, "You don't need to show me that, honey." My response to her- "How do you know I'm me? How do you know that I didn't waylay the guy who owns this voter ID card, leave him in a drainage pipe and take his card to vote with?" She couldn't answer that one. Also, for the record regarding the aforementioned voter ID cards, if you want one, just let me know. I can whip one up for you cheap on my printer. I'll be waiting for the Brown Shirts at my door now...