by Jane Richey | Nov 10, 2012 | Politics, Voting Issues
Perhaps no piece of legislation in the last generation better captures the ‘incentivizing’ of fraud… than the 1993 National Voter Registration Act[.] … Examiners were under orders not to ask anyone for identification or proof of citizenship....
by Jane Richey | Oct 2, 2012 | Politics, Voting Issues
A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge has ruled that the state’s controversial new voter ID law will stand, but voters without a valid picture ID card will still be able to cast their vote and have it counted this November. Judge Robert Simpson has effectively...
by Jane Richey | Sep 25, 2012 | Voting Issues
From Politics PA: The Pennsylvania Departments of State and Transportation announced today that voter IDs will conveniently be available in one visit to PennDOT, a measure that could’ve spared proponents of the law some of the challenges they are facing today in...
by Jane Richey | Aug 28, 2012 | Voting Issues
From the moment Voter ID was passed in March, its opponents said that many would have difficulty obtaining the necessary photo identification to vote. Problems ranged from inconvenient driver’s license center hours to a lack of the necessary documents needed to obtain...
by Jane Richey | Aug 21, 2012 | Voting Issues
From the Derrick: Corbett aide rebukes Justice Department over voter ID HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration is suggesting that a U.S. Department of Justice inquiry into Pennsylvania’s tough, new voter identification law is politically motivated,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 18, 2012 | Voting Issues
The day after a judge upheld Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law, the lead plaintiff in the suit seeking to block the law went to a PennDot office and was issued the photo ID card she needs to vote. Nothing has changed since Viviette Applewhite, 93,...