![]() ![]() BRANCH, Circuit Judge: At the end of 2015, advocacy groups and individual Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against Alabama’s Secretary of State, John Merrill, challenging Alabama’s 2011 Photo Voter Identification Law (hereinafter, the “voter ID law”), passed by the Alabama legislature as House Bill 19 and codified at Ala. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (July 21, 2020) Case: 18-10151 Date Filed: Page: 2 of 97 Before BRANCH and ED CARNES, Circuit Judges, and GAYLES, * District Judge. 2:15-cv-02193-LSC GREATER BIRMINGHAM MINISTRIES, ALABAMA STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, GIOVANA AMBROSIO, ELIZABETH WARE, SHAMEKA HARRIS, Plaintiffs - Appellants, versus SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA, Defendant - Appellee. Therefore, the Alabama voter ID law does not violate the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitution, nor does it violate the Voting Rights Act.Ĭase: 18-10151 Date Filed: Page: 1 of 97 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. Code 17-9-30 in order to vote is a minimal burden on Alabama's voters-especially when Alabama accepts so many different forms of photo ID and makes acquiring one simple and free for voters who lack a valid ID but wish to obtain one. The court held that the burden of providing a photo ID pursuant to Ala. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary, holding that plaintiffs failed to identify any genuine disputes of material facts and no reasonable factfinder could find, based on the evidence presented, that Alabama's voter ID law is discriminatory. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the law has a racially discriminatory purpose and effect that violates the United States Constitution and the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The voter ID law took effect in June 2014 and requires all Alabama voters to present a photo ID when casting in-person or absentee votes. In 2015, plaintiffs filed suit challenging Alabama's 2011 Photo Voter Identification Law passed by the Alabama legislature as House Bill 19 and codified at Ala. ![]()
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