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September 19, 2012

Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Returned to Lower Court 
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has handed a state judge back his ruling
that upheld the state’s new voter identification law and instructed
him to consider whether the state can actually provide IDs to all
eligible voters in time for the election. Under the ruling, Judge Robert
Simpson must hold a hearing and rule before October 2 on whether the law
can be implemented without disenfranchising people who lack ID. If he is
not convinced that there will be "no voter disenfranchisement," he must
block the law from taking effect. Pennsylvania’s law is among the
strictest to pass as part of a nationwide effort critics say is aimed at
disenfranchising lower-income residents and people of color, who tend to
vote Democratic.

 

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