Department of Justice Nixes South Carolina GOP's Photo ID Restriction Law
Brad Friedman, BradBlog: "The Dept. of Justice has denied preclearance of the South Carolina GOP's new polling place Photo ID restriction law, finding it was likely to disenfranchise voters, particularly minority voters, as 'the state’s own statistics demonstrated that the photo identification requirement would have a much greater impact on non-white residents, DOJ said in a letter to the state on Friday,' according to TPM."
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