Few Getting Free State ID Cards (FREE Voter IDs in PA !)

The Daily Item ^ | 08 Sep 2012 | Ashley Wislock

[tomkat]

SUNBURY — Although state officials estimate that thousands of residents of the Central Susquehanna Valley lack valid identification under the new state Voter ID law, fewer than 60 in three Valley counties have been issued secure identification cards, according to state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jan McKnight . . .

[tomkat]

As of Tuesday, according to McKnight, the IDs and counties are as follows: Northumberland, 42; Montour, 5; and Union, 10 . . .

The free IDs are part of the state’s push to make sure registered voters are able to cast ballots on the heels of the March voter ID law, McKnight said . . .

Valid identification for voting includes not only valid driver’s licenses, but also driver’s licenses that have expired within the past 12 months, McKnight said. “People with (those) will not qualify for a free ID,” she said . . .

While PennDOT estimated that more than 3,700 voters in Northumberland County — and more than 700,000 people statewide — did not have a PennDOT identification card, the discrepancy in the numbers may be because those individuals had other acceptable forms of identification, or simply chose not to get a valid identification, McKnight said.

(more at link)

[tomkat]

In other words, even when IDs are FREE, thousands and thousands won't go to the trouble of getting one !

We may yet disappoint everyone, but this is one of the factors that may bring PA back into the sanity column on 06 November.

/.02

[grundle]

On a related note:

Requiring photo ID is “racist,” except when it’s done by the NAACP, Eric Holder’s Justice Department, unions, Obama’s campaign events, and other liberal organizations

[smokingfrog]

My guess is there are a lot of 0bama voters that don’t want to apply for an officially issued state ID card because it might be discovered that they have some outstanding warrants, haven’t made their child support payments, etc., etc.

[tomkat]

Sorry y'all, I'm not clear on the myriad excerpting rules these days.

All the stuff in my #1 above is from the linked article.

[barmag25]

The people who can legally vote have a photo Id. The laws for photo Id are put in place to stop the vote early vote often organized left.

[Farmer Dean]

Turnout in Philly will be the usual 120 percent of registered voters.

[tomkat]

However, at that very same event, the NAACP required photo ID in order to get into the event in the first place.

Thanks for the link              

[tomkat]

Excellent point ! !

[tomkat]

I’d like to see Gov.Corbett mobilize the PA National Guard to ride shotgun on polling places in Philthy and Da’burgh.

[kabar]

It is obvious that these inflated estimates of people who lack a photo ID are wrong. The same held true in Kansas after it passed its tough voter ID bill. This is just more nonsense from the Left. Very few people in this country lack a photo ID.

[airborne]

My guess is there are a lot of 0bama voters that don’t want to apply for an officially issued state ID card because it might be discovered that they have some outstanding warrants, haven’t made their child support payments, etc., etc.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

[Menehune56]

My guess is there are a lot of 0bama voters that don’t want to apply for an officially issued state ID card because it might be discovered that they have some outstanding warrants, haven’t made their child support payments, etc., etc.

Hadn't thought of that. And of course the felon vote is an important Obama voting bloc.

[freeangel]

“In other words, even when IDs are FREE, thousands and thousands won’t go to the trouble of getting one “

“Free” doesn’t mean a thing unless the issuer is willing to come directly to the lazy-ass whiners and pay them to take it. Otherwise they can keep complaining that the “inconvenience” somehow infringes on their rights.

[LoveUSA]

Corbett? Do something?

What color is the sky in your world?

[tomkat]

That does seem to be the way, don't it ? !

(preferably with a pizza and a 6pk   ;-)

[tomkat]

You preferred Rendell in yours ?

[upchuck]

Still pimpin’ eh?

[napscoordinator]

Can’t the volunteers bring the machines and whatever is necessary to make the ID cards to events so that people who don’t have an id can get one. Both Republicans and Democrats are in the same boat with regards to elderly especially who lose their driver’s licenses when they can no longer driver. This seems to me to be the best option for everyone.

[Cheerio]

There is one - and only one - reason for objecting to requiring an ID for voting. YOU PLAN TO CHEAT.