U.S. District Court Judge Harold Murphy will hold a trial on August 22 in Common Cause v Billups, 4:05-cv-201, in Rome, Georgia. This is the case over Georgia’s modified law requiring voters at the polls to show a government photo-ID. The case had been filed in 2005. The original law had been invalidated by Judge Murphy. Then the 2006 session of the legislature had modified it somewhat, but not enough to satisfy the plaintiffs. Then the federal case had been put on hold while a similar case worked its way through state court. However, the state case was eliminated when the Georgia Supreme Court said the plaintiffs in the state case lack standing. Therefore, the action moves back to Judge Murphy’s court.