October 14, 2014      5:28 PM
5th Circuit issues stay in voter ID case
Voter ID requirements under Senate Bill 14 will prevail for November elections
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has
sided with the state, staying a district court decision that struck down the Voter
ID law late last week.
In other words, you will be taking identification with you
to the polls in the November election. Last week, US District Court Judge Nelda Gonzales Ramos struck down the
implementation of the Voter ID law, Senate Bill 14, less than two weeks
before early voting begins in the November general election.
In a 13-page opinion authored by Circuit Judge Edith Brown Clement, the circuit court deemed Ramos’
opinion not a “run-of-the-mill decision.” Instead, the decision was one “that
substantially disturbs the election process” just nine days before early voting
begins. “Thus, the value of preserving the status quo here is much higher than
in most other contexts,” Clement wrote in the 2-1 decision.
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