Strickland33
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/pennsylvania-voter-id-ruling_n_1919187.html
Even if the law is on-point (I don't think it is), unveiling it so late in the game with so many potentially negative consequences was bad news across the board. At the very least, folks in PA should have ample time to get voter IDs and should not be disenfranchised because a bunch of overzealous Republicans have lost faith in Mitt Romney.
A judge postponed Pennsylvania's controversial voter identification requirement on Tuesday, ordering the state not to enforce it in this year's presidential election but allowing it to go into full effect next year.
The decision by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson on the law requiring each voter to show a valid photo ID could be appealed to the state Supreme Court.
However, Simpson based his decision on guidelines given to him days ago by the high court justices, and it could easily be the final word on the law just five weeks before the Nov. 6 election.
His ruling came after listening to two days of testimony about the state's eleventh-hour efforts to make it easier to get a valid photo ID. He also heard about long lines and ill-informed clerks at driver's license centers and identification requirements that made it hard for some registered voters to get a state-issued photo ID.
Even if the law is on-point (I don't think it is), unveiling it so late in the game with so many potentially negative consequences was bad news across the board. At the very least, folks in PA should have ample time to get voter IDs and should not be disenfranchised because a bunch of overzealous Republicans have lost faith in Mitt Romney.