A Miami district judge assigned to a federal appeal challenging an Alabama law requiring voters to show photo identification filed a dissent while the majority rejected arguments that the mandate was unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.

Judge Elizabeth Branch, who wrote the opinion with the concurrence of Senior Judge Ed Carnes, focused on the wide availability of photo IDs, saying, “Most Alabamians already possess photo ID, and voters who do not have one can obtain one easily.”

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