The showdown between voting rights advocates and the state of Pennsylvania took a new turn Friday, after a judge struck down a requirement that voters…
In 2007, a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit in Indiana upheld the nation’s first voter ID law along party lines. At the time, Democrats and…
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In a blow to voting rights advocates, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson upheld the state’s restrictive voter ID law, which could disenfranchise as many as 750,000citizens in the state. Though voter ID proponents were unable to cite even a single case of voter impersonation that would justify the ID requirement, Simpson “didn’t rule on […]
The Law Has Changed! You need to bring one of these PHOTO IDs to the polls on November 6: ï‚·Â A PA driver’s license: currently valid or expired less than 12 months. ï‚·Â An ID issued by PennDOT: currently valid or expired less than 12 months. ï‚·Â A currently valid U.S. passport. Expired passports will not be accepted. ï‚·Â An active duty or retired U.S. military […]
The Justice Department’s decision last week to block a new South Carolina law requiring voters to present photo identification is only the first of what will be a year-long battle between advocates and opponents of stricter voting laws. And the results of those fights could determine the winner of the 2012 presidential election. SEE ALSO: […]
