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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012election; election; elections; fraud; voting
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Note the completely unpartial original headline:

Judge refuses to halt Pennsylvania’s tough new GOP-backed voter identification law

No bias there!

1 posted on 08/15/2012 10:24:56 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
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2 posted on 08/15/2012 10:26:50 AM PDT by randita (Paul Ryan is "Mr. Smith goes to Washington.")
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To: TonyInOhio

Don’t forget “despite a torrent of criticism”....as though that’s a part of our legal system.


3 posted on 08/15/2012 10:30:38 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (OWS = The Great American Snivel War)
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To: TonyInOhio
...despite a torrent of criticism that it will suppress votes among President Barack Obama’s supporters...

Have you ever noticed, you have to have a photo ID have a job? If this law eliminates anyone from voting, it's a small subclass of folks who are unemployable.

Funny how that works.

4 posted on 08/15/2012 10:32:09 AM PDT by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: TonyInOhio

I’m glad the law is upheld, but I wonder how effective it really will be in Philadelphia with the Dems political machine entrenched there.


5 posted on 08/15/2012 10:33:58 AM PDT by Shadow44
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To: TonyInOhio

You need a photo id to get into an Obama event, you need a photo id to attend the DNC convention, you need a photo id to tour the White House ... why do the DemocRATs deny these things to blacks and Hispanics?


6 posted on 08/15/2012 10:35:22 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Steyn: "One can argue about whose fault it is, but not ... whose responsibility it is: it's his")
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To: TonyInOhio
For $13.50 you can get a Pennsylvania ID card which lasts 8 years if you don't have a driver's license. You need a birth certificate/passport and two items like utility bills or tax records that show your current address. $1.69 per year isn't exactly a heavy burden.
7 posted on 08/15/2012 10:36:37 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Recycled Olympic tagline Shut up, Bob Costas. Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!)
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To: Shadow44
I’m glad the law is upheld, but I wonder how effective it really will be in Philadelphia with the Dems political machine entrenched there.

That's true ... Florida has a voter photo id law. Yesterday my photo id was very well scrutinized; in 2010 I almost had to force it upon the poll-worker. It will take trained poll-watchers to keep the id system honest.

8 posted on 08/15/2012 10:38:05 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Steyn: "One can argue about whose fault it is, but not ... whose responsibility it is: it's his")
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To: Shadow44
I’m glad the law is upheld, but I wonder how effective it really will be in Philadelphia with the Dems political machine entrenched there.

They will attempt to not enforce the law so Republicans will have to post observers to record and report. Wonder what the penalties are?

9 posted on 08/15/2012 10:39:30 AM PDT by Skulllspitter
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To: Skulllspitter

Don’t worry, it won’t be long until THIS decision is overturned.

Resume scheduling.....


10 posted on 08/15/2012 10:42:54 AM PDT by colorcountry (The gospel will transform our politics, not vice versa (Romans 12:1,2))
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To: TonyInOhio

I read that totally biased article earlier. No mention that 74% support voter identification laws.


11 posted on 08/15/2012 10:46:00 AM PDT by KansasGirl ("If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."--B. Hussein Obama)
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To: TonyInOhio

I guess SAT testing to get into college is racist and a Jim Crow rule?


12 posted on 08/15/2012 10:52:15 AM PDT by justice14 ("stand up defend or lay down and die")
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This is what is going to happen now. There will be a “torrent” of people BROUGHT to the polls without ID on election day.


13 posted on 08/15/2012 10:53:16 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: KarlInOhio

And why is this a supposed burden on the “young”? Because they’re too lazy to go to the DMV?

MY son recently turned 18, and he was registered for the SS and to vote, had an ID, and opened a bank account within a week or two, without a single suggestion from me.


14 posted on 08/15/2012 10:55:09 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Liberalism. Ideas so great they have to be mandatory.-FReeper Osage Orange)
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To: TonyInOhio
Another state swings sharply Republican for some reason...

I find it curious that to get welfare and disability you have to show ID, but to vote, suddenly it is discriminatory because the welfare people or disabled may not have ID.

15 posted on 08/15/2012 10:56:49 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: TonyInOhio

I wish everyone would look this up for this state and start responding to these voter id objections as being stupid: YOU NEED AN ID TO REGISTER TO VOTE, at least, in Texas. Its IMPOSSIBLE for someone to not be able to show an ID to vote if they are registered, since they’ve ALREADY shown one to register.

This business of talking about where an ID is needed is all well and good, but the real response, as shown here, shows the absolute STUPIDITY of arguing this will suppress ANY voter turnout.

So, please, look up your state’s statute on voter registration requirements and post it here.


16 posted on 08/15/2012 10:57:04 AM PDT by 1L
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To: colorcountry

Some Federal judge will stick their nose in and issue an injunction less than 72 hours before voting begins. This will cause maximum chaos, and will not allow our side time to appeal. That’s how Alinsky would have played it.


17 posted on 08/15/2012 11:06:44 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Skulllspitter
I’m glad the law is upheld, but I wonder how effective it really will be in Philadelphia with the Dems political machine entrenched there

That's where the New Black Pampers come in. While the Rats are stuffing ballots the Pampers will crack that skull of any cracka that dares enter the polling place.

18 posted on 08/15/2012 11:17:07 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (I can haz CW 2 now?)
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To: Oberon

And I’ve also noticed that it’s always ‘rat/0bama voters that have trouble getting photo ID...

It’s not like the DMV has some sort of political test or something.


19 posted on 08/15/2012 11:20:30 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working fors)
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To: American in Israel

Yeah, it’s a lot of fun to point out the sheer idiocy of their excuses,

but it’s a lot better just to state the truth:

“DEMOCRATS oppose voter ID because it makes it harder for DEMOCRATS TO CHEAT, and voter fraud is EXCLUSIVELY A DEMOCRAT TACTIC.”


20 posted on 08/15/2012 11:23:03 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working fors)
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