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  Federal Court upholds SC voter ID law web posted October 11, 2012 WASHINGTON DC – The South Carolina Voter ID law has been upheld by the Federal Courts on Wednesday, however; the law cannot take effect until next year, the court ruled. The law, requiring voters to present a photo ID in order to vote, was ruled constitutional by the three presiding Appeals Court Judges in Washington. The US Justice Department at the direction of Attorney General Eric Holder blocked the implementation of the law after it was passed in 2011 and Gov. Haley and the state filed to appeal the decision. The US Justice Department claimed the law violated the Civil Rights Act, imposed only on southern states, and was designed to disenfranchise minorities from voting. The Court ruled there was nothing in the law that would suggest it was placed to exclude any minority group from being able to vote and upheld the law, similar to 16 other state laws already upheld as constitutional. "Every time the federal government has thrown us a punch, we have fought back. This win is not just for South Carolina, this is a win for our country," Gov. Nikki Haley said after the decision. Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler said, "(The) ruling means that South Carolina is one step closer to secure elections, and shows that Eric Holder's Department of Justice was only playing politics with the issue in the first place. Having an ID to vote is about the most common sense thing in the world, and we're glad that the courts saw it that way." "This issue has been litigated long enough, and it's past time for the federal government to stop dragging us to court every time we pass a law. Nothing is more important to our democratic system than fair, free, and secure elections. People deserve the confidence of knowing that their votes are secure," said Senate Judiciary Chairman Larry Martin in a release. Lead Senate sponsor, Chip Campsen said, "After several years crafting this legislation, and several months defending it in court against the Obama administration, ACLU and League of Women Voters, I am pleased the federal court has upheld South Carolina's Voter ID law. In spite of the naysayers the court recognized we carefully crafted legislation that was both constitutional, and that had no racially discriminatory intent or affect under the Voting Rights Act. Our Voter ID law will help instill confidence in our electoral process." © Copyright 2012 All material is property of
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