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Federal judge dismisses challenge to Alabama voter ID law

January 12, 2018

Via: Jurist
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A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state’s voter ID law.

Alabama’s voter ID law  was passed in 2011 in an effort to combat potential voter fraud. The law requires Alabama residents to present a form of photo identification when they go to the polls to vote. Among the types of photo identification allowed under the law are IDs from colleges/universities, employers and unexpired driver’s licenses. If Alabama residents have never held a valid form of identification, the law indicates they are able to obtain a free ID for voting purposes in various locations including the Secretary of State’s Office and the local county board of registrars’ offices.

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