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Judge refuses to halt Pennsylvania’s voter identification law
The Washington Post ^ | 08/15/12 | Unattributed

Posted on 08/15/2012 10:24:49 AM PDT by TonyInOhio

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A tough new voter identification law championed by Republicans can take effect in Pennsylvania for November’s presidential election, a judge ruled Wednesday, despite a torrent of criticism that it will suppress votes among President Barack Obama’s supporters and make it harder for the elderly, disabled, poor and young adults to vote.

Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson said he would not grant an injunction that would have halted the law, which requires each voter to show a valid photo ID. Opponents are expected to file an appeal within a day or two to the state Supreme Court as the Nov. 6 election looms.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012election; election; elections; fraud; voting
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To: KarlInOhio

You are a heartless bastard and hate the poor.


21 posted on 08/15/2012 11:30:59 AM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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To: TonyInOhio
We all have to show identification for EVERYTHING. Why is voting exempt? (rhetorical)
22 posted on 08/15/2012 11:53:50 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: justice14
I guess SAT testing to get into college is racist and a Jim Crow rule?

Well, yeah, unless the scores can be disregarded in light of "life experience".

23 posted on 08/15/2012 11:58:04 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: TonyInOhio
I'm surprised it wasn't worded to say, "Judge refuses to halt Pennsylvania’s tough new RACIST, GOP-backed voter identification law.
24 posted on 08/15/2012 12:04:18 PM PDT by ScottinVA (If Obama is reelected, America will deserve every mockery that follows.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

that will be next:

Judge orders Fire Department to hire black and Hispanic applicants who failed “racist” written test

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2911704/posts

and remember the Atlanta schools testing scandal?


25 posted on 08/15/2012 12:07:09 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: Skulllspitter
The year IN put our voter ID in place the SoS made it known to all county clerks that he had hired extra deputies in his office who would be traveling the state observing and making certain that the law was being administered properly.
26 posted on 08/15/2012 12:21:35 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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To: Shadow44
It's up to the patriots in PA to monitor their own. Entrenchment or no entrenchment, they must stand up for what is right, and make sure others do the same. To you folks in PA, are you volunteering to work at the polls? Are you making sure your family, friends, neighbors are registered to vote, and that they have transportation to the polls? YOU must protect the vote. The scum socialist/marxist/communist/sharia law loving thugs known as oboma and minions, will play the dirtiest voter fraud game ever in this election...I live in the Chicago area, and I know political SCUM. Time to band together, Pennsylvania, you're the boots on the ground...defend our Constitution, Freedom and Liberty...hear the Liberty Bell...it calls to us all. May God protect us in our time of need.
27 posted on 08/15/2012 12:31:56 PM PDT by itssme
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To: TonyInOhio

make it harder for the elderly, disabled, poor and young adults to vote.


Why because they have take,maybe, two hours to go to the DMV and get a Pa ID for $10?
Why don’t the Spendocrats waive the $10 fee.
Since, all these folks are so poor they can’t afford $10 in order to vote?

Otherwise, are the elderly,disabled, poor and young adults to stupid they can’t find two forms of ID and the location of the DMV?


28 posted on 08/15/2012 12:53:24 PM PDT by Leep (I'm a Chic-Fil--A-merican)
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To: TonyInOhio

I watched a certain subset of humanity attempt to return a fishing rod to Dicks Sporting Goods yesterday without either the receipt or identification. I felt like asking the cashier if she thought it was some kind of dry run, but my 5 second delay kicked in.


29 posted on 08/15/2012 1:09:51 PM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: Leep
Why because they have take,maybe, two hours to go to the DMV and get a Pa ID for $10? Why don’t the Spendocrats waive the $10 fee. Since, all these folks are so poor they can’t afford $10 in order to vote? Otherwise, are the elderly,disabled, poor and young adults to stupid they can’t find two forms of ID and the location of the DMV?

I like the way the come right out and say that Democrats have a corner on the STUPID elderly, disabled, poor and young voters.

30 posted on 08/15/2012 1:27:01 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: TonyInOhio

YES!

America is RISING!


31 posted on 08/15/2012 1:42:58 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Dogs + stress = If you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and waIlk away.)
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To: TonyInOhio

YONE living in 2012 America wihout a picture ID is like the unibomber living in a remote cabin in the woods.


32 posted on 08/15/2012 2:02:48 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: KarlInOhio

It’s free if you can’t afford it.


33 posted on 08/15/2012 2:25:53 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Oberon

You can’t get welfare benefits without a govt. ID. The subset of people “disenfranchised” doesn’t legally exist.

Think about it: someone who refuses government ID, yet is passionate about voting for that same government?

You can probably set them on a school bus and not fill it. This stops vote fraud, the dead voting, and illegals.


34 posted on 08/15/2012 2:38:10 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Eagles6
It’s free if you can’t afford it.

Good for you..I was just going to post this.

There is NO reason for someone in this country legally not to have ID that would be acceptable to vote.

35 posted on 08/15/2012 4:10:02 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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The FReepathon is still on.
Please donate today!

36 posted on 08/15/2012 4:17:42 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
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To: TonyInOhio

Of course the left has no problem with non-citizens voting which amounts to neutering the vote of a citizen.


37 posted on 08/15/2012 5:07:32 PM PDT by QT3.14 (Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain)
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To: Shadow44

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn’t expect the law to be strictly enforced in Dem heavy areas.


38 posted on 08/15/2012 5:36:03 PM PDT by Random_User_250 ("Democracy is indispensable to socialism." -- Vladimir Lenin)
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To: KarlInOhio

I’ve always said to get around any ID’s are too expenisve nonsense to just make a State ID card free. Personally I would be happy to subsidize non DL ID cards so that I can make sure that our elections keep free of dead, felon, and duplicate voting.


39 posted on 08/15/2012 6:17:47 PM PDT by Almondjoy
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To: Irish Eyes

;-)


40 posted on 08/15/2012 10:17:21 PM PDT by Eagles6
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