“WTH? The poll workers can ask, but aren’t required to get ID?
Then why even bother?”
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The “can ask but not require” is for “practice” of the poll workers in the April primary. The new law with its ID REQUIREMENTS doesn’t go into effect until the November general election.
The GOP and allies need to blanket Philadelphia and environs with volunteers to insure IDs are checked (if such “observers” are allowed in PA).
We are called poll watchers and I carry two 38s and a cell phone, a camera and a movie camera in the precinct that I've been going into since 2004.
It was so corrupt that in 2000, with no pubbie poll watchers, they had 100% participation with algore getting 404 votes and GWB getting 4.
In 2004 we showed up, {legally with cameras and the correct papers} and the voting rate was cut almost in half and GWB still got his 4 votes.
In 2008 less than 50% voted because we were very careful and not one dead person voted {maybe a couple by absentee ballot}.
This year, with voter ID, we will keep the fraud reduced to a minimum but demonRATs will always find ways to cheat.
Their favorite trick is going into old age homes and getting the comatose patients to slobber their consent and get them to vote straight demonRAT.
It's pathetic but they have the help of the union nurses and hospital workers so it's very hard to catch them in the act.