Voting Rights Act Section 5 Recommendation Memorandum on the Georgia voter ID law, US Department of Justice, August 25, 2005; released by the Washington Post November 17, 2005 [recommendation by four of five staff members reviewing the Georgia law under the 1965 Voting Rights Act that the law be blocked because Georgia had failed to show that the requirement that voters produce government-issued photo identification at the polls would not dilute the votes of minority residents and because there was significant evidence that the plan would reduce blacks' access to the polls]. Review the full text of the documents via the Post. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.