Georgia Supreme reversed the determination of the Fulton County Superior Court that the 2006 Photo-ID Act violated Art. II, Sec. 1, Pars. II and III of the Georgia Constitution based on the Supreme Court’s determination that the sole remaining plaintiff in the case lacked standing to challenge the statute since:

(1) she could not show that she was harmed by the statute at the time she filed the complaint given that she, as a first time voter in Georgia, would not have been required to show a photo ID in order to vote

(2) lack of standing at the time a complaint is filed cannot be cured by events or amendments that occur after the complaint is filed

(3) at the time the complaint was filed, the plaintiff had a form of photo ID acceptable under the Act. Justice Melton wrote the unanimous opinion on behalf of the Court, which included Judge Debra Bernes who sat in for Presiding Justice Hunstein, who did not participate.

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