DNC Statement on Court Ruling to Block Georgia's Restrictive Voter ID Law

Today Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney issued the following statement in response to a Georgia Superior Court ruling blocking Georgia's restrictive voter ID law.

"We applaud the decision of the Fulton County Superior Court to recognize, in the words of the decision, that 'It is a given that any illegal restriction of the fundamental right to vote is prohibited' and that the Georgia voter id law 'unduly burdens the fundamental right to vote rather than regulate it.' The courts decision is a great victory for the rights of Georgia's voters and the democratic process and sends a strong message to Republicans in Georgia who have worked to restrict voting rights for partisan political gain.

"The push toward establishing mandatory voter ID requirements goes beyond the federal requirements set forth by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Now that the courts have ruled again against Georgia's Photo ID requirement, Republicans should end this and all efforts at the state and federal level to disenfranchise American citizens and work with Democrats at removing barriers to voting instead of erecting new ones.

"All across the country Republicans are working to limit the rights of Americans to exercise their right to vote by enacting restrictive measures. Democrats believe that the right to vote is the most basic and fundamental right of all, and that we should be making it easier and not harder for people to exercise that right to vote. We will continue to fight these harmful and restrictive measures and work to ensure that legally eligible voters are able to vote and have that vote counted."