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Judge blocks Pennsylvania voter ID law

By Tom Curry, NBC News national affairs writer

A Pennsylvania judge has blocked enforcement of the voter identification law which the legislature enacted and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett signed last year, meaning the law will not be in effect for the Nov. 6 election.

Judge Robert Simpson said even with the streamlined procedures that state officials proposed to make it easier for voters without ID cards to obtain them, “the proposed changes are to occur about five weeks before the general election, and I question whether sufficient time now remains to attain the goal of liberal access” to ID cards.

He said, “I expected more photo IDs to have been issued by this time. For this reason, I accept Petitioners’ argument that in the remaining five weeks before the general election, the gap between the photo IDs issued and the estimated need will not be closed.”

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stealing the election just became a little harder

The ruling, which could still be appealed...

Republicans, long suspicious of ballot-box stuffing in the Democratic bastion of Philadelphia, justified the law as a protection against potential election fraud.

Critics claim it could suppress minority turnout.

The plaintiffs -- a group of registered voters, plus the Homeless Advocacy Project, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania chapter of the NAACP -- had sought to block the law from taking effect in this year's election as part of a wider challenge to its constitutionality.

The judge's decision Tuesday could be appealed to the state Supreme Court, but it could easily be the final word on the law before the Nov. 6 election.

The constitutionality of the law was not a question before the judge.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/02/judge-halts-pa-tough-new-voter-id-requirement/#ixzz289n4Js8b

Edited October 2, 2012 by The Patriot

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No voter suppression, no win for Mitt.

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There's only one man running that's VERY familiar with stealing an election in his lifetime. I'll give you a hint: It's not the guy with the ® next to his name.