Pennsylvania voter ID: voters misinformed at some polling stations

Source: Guardian

Pennsylvania voter ID: voters misinformed at some polling stations

State's Republican legislature did pass voter ID law, but court ruled in October that the law would not apply to today's election

Tom McCarthy
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 6 November 2012 14.45 EST

Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled legislature did pass a voter ID law, but on October 2 a court ruled that the law would not apply for today's election. A state judge ordered that while poll workers can still ask voters for ID, they must allow those without ID to vote. The details are here.

It's unclear how widespread the problem is. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a "good deal of confusion":

The Committee of Seventy election watchdog agency said one of the biggest problems in the city and suburban Philadelphia counties was poll workers telling voters that they needed to have voter ID before they could cast ballots.

"There's a lot of honest misunderstanding, and maybe some not so honest," said Zack Stalberg, the committee's CEO. "There's a good deal of confusion." [...]

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