Monday, August 19, 2013

Activist Judge to Block Voter ID In Pennsylvania

 

Pennsylvania lawmakers last year passed a voter ID law that was derided by the NAACP and others the moment it was signed. A long court battle has now handed anti-voter-ID advocates a victory:
A state judge issued an order Friday that is expected to block enforcement of Pennsylvania's strict voter-identification law in the Nov. 5 general election.
After legal jousting that reached the state Supreme Court, a judge blocked enforcement in last year's presidential election and again in this year's municipal and judicial primary because of lingering concern that it could disenfranchise voters who lacked a valid photo ID.
The state of Pennsylvania spent many millions of dollars on a publicity campaign to educate voters about the new voter ID law, yet the key reasoning in the Pennsylvania court's decision was about the lack of information that Keystone state voters might suffer.

John Hawkins wrote about the need for voter ID laws on Townhall a while back:

More @ Townhall

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