On August 10, the Mississippi Republican Party formally intervened in the lawsuit that had been filed by the Mississippi Democratic Party to gain a closed Democratic primary. The case is now pending in the 5th circuit. The US District Court Judge had ruled that Democrats may close their primary if they wish, but that the state must start requiring photo-ID for voters at primaries. The Republican intervenors are simply saying that the Republican Party is pleased with current Mississippi election law, and that Republicans don’t wish to have any requirement that voters must show photo-ID to vote in Repubilcan primaries.
In his June 8 ruling, Judge Pepper ordered “photo voter ID.” In his July 17 order, however, he said “voter ID.”
The state Republican chairman said this morning that he favors voter ID. The GOP has been trying to get voter ID enacted since 1995.
Gov. Haley Barbour said a few weeks ago that he thinks we should start with non-photo voter ID and change to photo voter ID later on.
The Republicans are happy with the current setup because they intend to keep their primaries open– regardless of the outcome of the Democrats’ lawsuit.
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