The chief policy adviser to the Georgia House of Representatives admitted that the legislature “did not conduct any statistical analysis of the effect of the photo ID requirement on minority voters.” In fact, when asked about the need for this law, Representative Sue Burmeister from Augusta explained that it was to prevent fraud and if that meant “there are fewer black voters because of the voter ID law it will be because there is less opportunity for fraud.” She then clarified: “When black voters in her black precincts are not paid to vote, they do not go to the polls.”63
