Missouri SC ruling ‘eviscerates’ state’s photo voter ID law

[Tennesseer]

Missouri Supreme Court ruling ‘eviscerates’ state’s photo voter ID law

JEFFERSON CITY
January 14, 2020

The Missouri Supreme Court handed down a 5-2 ruling Tuesday gutting the state’s photo voter ID law.

Voters can once again bring non-photo identification — like a voter ID card, a college ID or a utility bill — to the polls without having to sign an affidavit stating they don’t have “a form of personal identification approved for voting.”

The ruling returns Missouri to the status quo prior to 2016. That year, the Republican-led legislature passed a law that set up a three-option scheme for voting: vote with an approved photo ID like a state-issued driver’s license, vote with a non-photo ID and sign the affidavit under the penalty of perjury, or cast a provisional ballot.

Implementing the law was contingent upon voter approval. In 2016, 63 percent of Missourians supported the measure.

A Washington, D.C.,-based voting rights organization, Priorities USA., sued in Cole County Circuit Court leading up to the midterm elections, in June of 2018.

It sued on behalf of a Jackson County woman, Mildred Gutierrez, who found the affidavit “confusing” and “threatening.”

Complete article here: Missouri Supreme Court ruling ‘eviscerates’ state’s photo voter ID law

[djAdvocate]

if Trump gets another 4 years, the judiciary will also be eviscerated.

this is what got evangelicals to the polls last time (RvW).

maybe liberals will get motivated enough when their future is at stake.