Judge Tim Fox of Pulaski County Circuit Court struck down the state’s new voter ID law on Thursday, saying it violated the State Constitution by adding a requirement that voters must meet before casting a ballot. He voided the measure in a lawsuit over the way absentee ballots are handled under the law. A separate lawsuit was filed last week directly challenging the law, which requires voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot. The Republican-led Legislature approved the law last year, overriding a veto by Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat. A spokesman for Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, a Democrat, says the State Board of Election Commissioners has asked his office to appeal the ruling, and it will do so.