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Pennsylvania Judge Bars Voter-ID Law for 2012 Election
A Pennsylvania judge's decision to bar the state from enforcing a Republican-backed requirement for voter photo-identification in the coming election may lead to confusion because poll workers can still ask for ID. Not nearly as much "confusion" however, as that likely created by post-election legal challenges of voting outcomes in States with Voter ID. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson yesterday ruled against the legislature and the will of the people that while election officials can request an ID on Election Day, voters without one can cast ballots that will be counted. The enjoined law would have allowed voters without required ID to cast provisional ballots to be counted only if they returned with photo documentation within six days. Now they may return and vote again, and again. "While we're happy that voters in Pennsylvania will not be turned away if they do not have an ID, we are concerned that the ruling will allow election workers to ask for ID at the polls and this could cause confusion," Penda D. Hair, co-director for the advocacy group the Advancement Project, said in an e-mailed statement. "This injunction serves as a mere Band-Aid for the law's inherent problems, not an effective remedy." Might as well just chuck the registration into the rubbish bin. With anonimity, who needs it now. Pennsylvania is the third state, following Texas and Wisconsin, where courts through judicial fiat have rejected voter-ID laws passed by Republican-dominated legislatures since President Barack Obama's 2008 victory. Supporters of the laws say they're needed to prevent voter fraud. Opponents contend the measures are aimed at suppressing the votes of lower-income people and the elderly who may be more inclined to vote for Democrats. I fear now more than ever, we have lost the Republic. Posted by: Besoeker 2012-10-03 |
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