BECKER (2005) THE GAZETTE 8/24/4A

It is hard to get a photo ID driver’s license in Georgia. There are 56 places to get the photo ID drivers license. Although there are 159 counties, the six with the most Blacks do not have a place to get the ID. Atlanta has numerous Blacks but do not have a driver’s license bureau.

Thus, it is very hard for Blacks to get a driver’s license and that is what is necessary to vote. Further, absentee ballots from out of state or country are accepted. These ballots have traditionally been White voters.

If this law passes the Supreme Court, Blacks and other minorities can be disenfranchised not only in Georgia, but similar legislation in Florida, Texas, South Carolina, and South Dakota.

That is called de facto discrimination. It is not overt law based segregation from the vote, but subtle in direct strategies to stop voting in certain areas.