Georgia’s Voter ID Law: Will the Next Step Be Forward or Backward?

January 17th – 6:15p.m. – 7p.m. = reception with food and drink
7p.m. – Program begins
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta
1911 Cliff Valley Way
Atlanta, 30329

Speakers confirmed to date include:

Rep. Nan Orrock

Opponent of bill, talk about legislative efforts to kill any proposed compromises

Can give great background and history on photo ID bill

Talk about why its bad for GA Voters

Rep. Jill Chambers

Proponent of bill, talk about legislative efforts to reform or address concerns

Defend merits/purposes of requiring ID

Neil Bradley, ACLU

Opponent of bill, update on where the lawsuit is

Talk to constitutional arguments

Tie into need for reauthorization of VRA

Claud “Tex” McIver

Proponent, talk about how this law addresses the purported instances of voter fraud

Talk about new legislation to address problems

We are waiting to confirm one additional panelist as well as our moderator. The format will be similar with plenty of time for audience questions and the idea is that all in attendance will get an update on the rewrites that are being proposed to this bill during the 2006 session. As always, email or call the LWVGA office if you have any questions.

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