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,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 15, 2012 | Voting Issues
Secretary of State Carol Aichele yesterday announced improvements to the state’s VotesPA.com website, designed to disseminate information about the new law and its requirements. In conjunction, the state has begun outreach through Facebook and Twitter accounts....
by Jane Richey | Aug 15, 2012 | Voting Issues
A tough new voter identification law championed by Republicans can take effect in Pennsylvania for November’s presidential election, a judge ruled Wednesday, despite a torrent of criticism that it will suppress votes among President Barack Obama’s...
by Jane Richey | Aug 13, 2012 | Voting Issues
Almost three-quarters of all Americans support the idea that people should have to show photo identification to vote, even though they are nearly as concerned about voter suppression as they are about fraud in presidential elections, according to a new Washington Post...
by Jane Richey | Aug 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Voting Issues
The Treasury Department released a report this week that suggests supervisors in the Internal Revenue Service turned a blind eye to fraud in a program designed to collect taxes from immigrants, legal and illegal, resulting in the agency handing out potentially...
