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South Carolina voter ID law blocked until 2013

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A federal court ruled Wednesday that South Carolina’s voter-identification law will go into effect starting next year, Reuters reported. A three-judge panel on the U.S. District Court unanimously ruled that, though Act R54, as the law is called, does not discriminate against minorities.

NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF): Federal Court Rejects South Carolina’s Restrictive Voter ID Law for November Election; Allows Implementation in 2013

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In a significant voting rights development, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected South Carolina’s request under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to implement its discriminatory photo identification.