by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Voting Issues
The plaintiffs in the voter ID case are set to file papers today asking the Commonwealth Court to extend the block on the voter ID law. It was stopped only for the November election. “Even though there is not a big presidential election, the right to vote is...
by Jane Richey | Dec 15, 2012 | Politics, Voting Issues
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine Americans’ access to the voting booth and the continuing need for protections against efforts to limit or suppress voting. On Wednesday, the committee will look at barriers voters experienced in the 2012...
by Jane Richey | Dec 13, 2012 | Voting Issues
This morning in Commonwealth Court, the next steps could be decided in the legal battle over Pennsylvania’s new law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. The law passed the GOP-controlled legislature last spring, and was promptly signed...
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...
