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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.