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Judge spikes photo ID requirement for Pa. voters
WFMZ ^

Posted on 01/17/2014 6:43:12 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A state judge has struck down the law requiring Pennsylvania's voters to show photo identification at the polls.

Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley said the requirement that was the centerpiece of Pennsylvania's embattled 2012 voter identification law places an unreasonable burden on the fundamental right to vote.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: pa; pavoterid; voterfraud; voterid
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Impeach these judges!
1 posted on 01/17/2014 6:43:12 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

This enables subversion of the election. Traitor!


2 posted on 01/17/2014 6:44:57 AM PST by Ray76
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To: Red in Blue PA

Let me guess. Democrat appointment, right?


3 posted on 01/17/2014 6:44:59 AM PST by Missouri gal
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To: Red in Blue PA
Impeach these judges!

Gingrich said that a half of a dozen "scalps" would send a message to every activist judge. Impeach and remove.

4 posted on 01/17/2014 6:45:02 AM PST by VRW Conspirator ( 2+2 = V)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I think there should be the same requirements for voting as for buying a gun. Identical.


5 posted on 01/17/2014 6:45:07 AM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Good grief. I guess, we’re going to need a constitutional amendment requiring a valid photo ID to vote.


6 posted on 01/17/2014 6:45:16 AM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

You know, I often hesitate to support action in opposition to stuff like this, but when judges consistently overturn voters, they are pushing their part of the pie.

Judges, stop using your positions to over-rule laws.


7 posted on 01/17/2014 6:47:09 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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To: Missouri gal

Judges are elected in Pennsylvania, usually not appointed, unless it’s to fill a term.


8 posted on 01/17/2014 6:47:27 AM PST by Daveinyork (IER)
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To: Red in Blue PA

So does a Concealed Carry Permit (ID) place to great a burden on the fundamental right to keep and bear arms? Seems like the exact same logic applies.


9 posted on 01/17/2014 6:47:36 AM PST by Jack Black ( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I surprised he doesn’t rule that it is unreasonably burdensome to make them fog a mirror...

The country has gone insane. It is a dead republic walking.


10 posted on 01/17/2014 6:48:04 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: Red in Blue PA
The decision paves the way for an expected appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

let it BE!

11 posted on 01/17/2014 6:48:28 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

A DEMOCRAT judge, of course. These folks know no limits to their corruption. They must really be worried about the 2014 election.

PS - And I thought this had already been successfully litigated in Pennsylvania. I guess they will forever be finding new judges to come up with further decisions to delay.


12 posted on 01/17/2014 6:49:04 AM PST by House Atreides
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To: Jack Black

Nail on the head post.


13 posted on 01/17/2014 6:49:29 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Where’s the burden? You go to your county seat, stand in line for two minutes, get your photo taken, and get handed a laminated card (hopefully with a bar code). It’s no more difficult than the actual process of voting itself! Sheesh.


14 posted on 01/17/2014 6:49:43 AM PST by fhayek
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“....places an unreasonable burden on the fundamental right to vote.”

But having to be carded for buying alcohol, tobacco, medication, aren’t “unreasonable burdens”. This is the dumbest excuse ever. Not that they can or would come up with a better reason.


15 posted on 01/17/2014 6:49:54 AM PST by Politicalkiddo (Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. -M. Twain)
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To: Red in Blue PA; AlexW; WVKayaker; Mark17
How do you burden a right ?

THIS, imo, is the direct result in consulting with foreign law to establish American law.

How?

THEY speak Latin, and everything in law is described and explained in Latin, so that we must hire a foreiegn speaking person to translate a matter into English.

I can tell you right now that many people garble thoughts in the process of processing thoughts.

Case in point;

My wife is Filipina and throws away food that to her, is 'broke' ...

Bananas I allow to ripen for banana bread was thrown away because they were 'broke'

16 posted on 01/17/2014 6:50:09 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_McGinley

Looks like they elect them in PA. He should be voted out of office and recalled if possible. Hard to believe this idiot was elected in 1946. He must be a Democrat.


17 posted on 01/17/2014 6:50:41 AM PST by ZULU (Magua is sitting in the Oval Office. Ted Cruz/Phil Robertson in 2016.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I hope the judge has his identity stolen.


18 posted on 01/17/2014 6:51:54 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Why the hell do you need a photo ID for? Voting is free for all unless you are White Racist Republican Protestant/Catholic Gun Nut.

http://watchdog.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/12/McGinley.jpg

19 posted on 01/17/2014 6:53:15 AM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Red in Blue PA

This applies to the 2nd amendment too, right???


20 posted on 01/17/2014 6:57:02 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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