Judge hints he may block Pennsylvania voter ID
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
HARRISBURG - With just six weeks until the presidential election, a judge raised the possibility Tuesday that he would move to block Pennsylvania's controversial voter ID law.
"I'm giving you a heads-up," Commonwealth Court Judge Robert E. Simpson Jr. told lawyers after a day's testimony on whether the law is being implemented in ways that ensure no voters will be disenfranchised. "I think it's a possibility there could be an injunction here."
Simpson then asked lawyers on both sides to be prepared to return to court Thursday to present arguments on what such an injunction should look like. There is no hearing Wednesday because of Yom Kippur.
Simpson gave few if any further clues to what he may decide. But his comments provided a dramatic end to a day of testimony in a protracted and widely watched fight over the law, which requires voters to present photo identification at the polls.
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Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Sounds like the details are all that remain to the injunction.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)in swing states is a bit disheartening. If I said it didn't make me nervous, I'd be lyin' like Ryan.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)that he will do the correct thing.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)that the more convoluted the repugs can make it, the more likely the votes can be challenged. Sounds good only in words. It's confusion the GOP wants now... so look out.
randome
(34,845 posts)It will take only a couple of high profile Republicans to complain to make them re-think their suppression efforts.
byeya
(2,842 posts)Of course, the longer he prolongs his decision, the longer voter suppression activities can continue and the 15th Amendment be violated.