Mulvaney pleased with court’s ruling upholding SC Voter ID law

Posted October 10, 2012 4:07 pm | Filed under 2012 Election, Local News
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Andrew Kiel | WRHI.com
South Carolina’s controversial Voter ID law was upheld Wednesday in a federal courtroom. Under the ruling the law that would require voters to present a photo ID when voting starting with the November 2013 elections.

State Attorney General Alan Wilson calls the ruling a major victory for South Carolina’s election process.

U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (SC-5) says the law has been in the works for several years now and politics seemed to get in the way of its full roll-out.

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Mulvaney says the law looked good to go well before Wednesday’s ruling

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Opponents of the Voter ID law say it discriminates and disenfranchises minority voters.