Yes PA law WONT go IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Breaking

Judge says not enough time to close gap on insuring all get IDs


YAHOOOOO


Bet Romney's panties are in wad !!!

[onehandle]

1. PA is won. Rmoney is finished. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. thank god for activist judges. hahahaha

[Barack_America]

11. It's actually fair. The government shouldn't require IDs they can't provide.

[Patiod]

24. That's absolutely right

I heard a piece by a local NPR station about Penn State earlier this week.

Out-of-state students (not a small % of the population - lots of PSU students are from NJ) would NOT have been able to vote using out-of-state licenses as ID, even if they were officially registered in Centre County. And studnets didn't know that.

And student who started college before this stupid law was passed would not be able to vote with Penn State IDs either, unless they made a separate trip to a very specific office that issued stickers to update the ID with an expiration date.

The process was unnecessarily difficult, and you can't tell me they weren't TRYING to disenfranchise students.

[catbyte]

2. VICTORY!!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. they can't go to the Supreme Court can they?

[demokatgurrl]

13. yes

They can appeal.

[catbyte]

15. No time before the election, though

[Spazito]

16. It would have to go back to the State Supreme Court and...

it was the State Supreme Court that sent this back down to the lower Court which resulted in this ruling so the likelihood the State Supreme Court would take it up again is slim to none, imo.

[malaise]

5. Great news

Fuck you ReTHUGs in name and nature

[PCIntern]

6. A theory one of my politicos here had was that

Rmoney was so far behind here in PA, that there was no point in the judge trashing himself for a lost cause.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Interesting. One important thing for PA dems to remember is that it is VERY important to get

this word out, that IDs won't be required.

Went to an Obama Campaign meeting last night in TX. They said that Repugs were perpetuating the myth that they needed ID to suppress the vote of those who don't have one - despite the law not being in effect.

We can't let this brief victory make us complacent. It would be good for we democrats to start a movement immediately after the election to educate voters on getting a picture ID and insuring that they are in good standing on voter lists.

[robinlynne]

42. the judge ruled that they will still ASK for IDs, but allow voters to vote in this electio only with

without an ID. if they dont have one.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

43. and?

[robinlynne]

46. The law stays intact. but for this eleciton only, they will be asked for IDs and can say we dont hav

have our ID. There will be a lot of condusion, and many voters will not vote becuase of the confusion. He did not strike down the law.
He made it confusing.

[Jim__]

7. Romney just lost PA!

[CTyankee]

8. what great news!

[Historic NY]

9. Now they need to go after that Repuke Leglislator

House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny)

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/karoli/shameless-republican-brags-about-voter-id-w

[99Forever]

12. I'd hold off on that ...

... victory dance. According top this link anyway:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20121002_Pa__Court_rules_voters_can_cast_ballots_without_ID.html


Sound like a mixed ruling, at best, if I'm reading this right.

[Spazito]

14. I don't think so...

From the article:

"In his ruling, which is widely expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court, Simpson ordered an injunction that would target the portion of the law that deals with provisional ballots.

As written, the law said voters who do not bring proper photo ID on Election Day can cast a provisional ballot. They would then have six days to bring in the required photo ID for their votes to count."


The provisional ballot requirement has been put on hold by this decision.

[DevonRex]

41. Exactly. His concern is that they can't get ID

in 6 days and that their votes won't be counted. He also says that those provisional ballots would have created 2 classes of voters.

So the harm is as a result of implementing this law.

[robinlynne]

47. HOwver, they are still to ask for photo ID. If the voters don't ahve it, they are allowed to vote.

And next election they have to have the ID. So it is a half ruling.

[april]

17. Oh Happy Day!

[Ganja Ninja]

18. "Voter ID that will help Governor Romney win Pennsylvania" - Undone!

[rocktivity]

20. And let's not forget to thank the man who made this victory possible

by ratting out the Rethugs' plan in the first place:

Pennsylvania Republican House Leader Mike "NOT Done!" Turzai.


rocktivity

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. What a dingbat. But, in a way, he made us all perk up and listen. Thank you dingbat !

[DebJ]

23. Not undone, just postponed until next year........... n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. right. gotta get a movement going. How about "ID UP"

[HopeHoops]

19. "Magic underwear".

[WillyT]

21. K & R !!!

[LynneSin]

22. Romney pretty much lost the election today

He had to ensure that these wicked voter suppression laws would stick in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. Romney needs to win all three states if he wants to be president. Without Pennsylvania it will be very difficult for him to win.

[DebJ]

25. I knew there was a reason God had me move to Pennsyltucky: to vote.

[porphyrian]

26. . n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

29. I still don't like the ruling

because it will still cause confusion among poll workers.

[LynneSin]

30. Pennsylvania Democrats know how to run a good election and will swamp the Philly polls with folks

I remember about 10 years ago I worked the polls up in the NE section of Philly, an area that had a large Russian immigrant population.

We had voter ballots in Russian to give to those legal voters who needed help. The Republicans hired a few translators who spoke Russian and said they were to assist voters in the voting booth.

Really?

You're not allowed to take anyone into a voting booth with you other than perhaps a small child or infant. Republicans were hoping if they sent translators into the booths with these voters whose english was not good that the translators would help them pull the levers for republicans.

The first time we were able to stop it and we called the problem into HQ.

Next time it happened (with a new translator, I think a new one was sent ever 30 minutes after the last one was chased away) there were 2 lawyers on hand to make sure it didn't happen, one who spoke Russian.

The fact that the ballots were in Russian and confirmed by both parties as accurate was enough for those voters needed helping in the voting booth.

Pennsylvania goes democrat when we know the voters can vote without someone fucking with them or their votes.

[BumRushDaShow]

39. I don't think Philly will be a problem

These folks know that "Obama" is on the ballot and they will be there. My issue is with other areas of the state that are red but have poor little "blue" folks living there trying to vote. We need every vote that we can get. The whole state Assembly is up for election right now (and the odd state Senatorial districts) and turnout can actually impact this state legislature to put Corbett, Turzai, and their thugs in check.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

35. if you can find 50 names on the list and know they won't show up to be "checked off"

[Scurrilous]

32. K & R

[AlinPA]

33. I thought that judge would rule the other way since he is a republican. Mind-boggling.

[robinlynne]

48. He half ruled the other way.

[WinkyDink]

34. "won't go IN"? Maybe "the law is OUT"?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. picky picky WD :>)

[Whisp]

37. that is wonderful news. yippppie!

that could have been hundreds of thousands of votes short...

omg, just thinking about that number makes my stomach tighten up.

whew!!

[Bake]

38. GAME. SET. AND MATCH!

Rmoney has no chance in PA now. Ohio is looking like its ours too.

Game, set, and match.

Second term for PRESIDENT OBAMA!!



Bake

[jsmirman]

40. HUGE News

Best news in a long while.

What a rotten thing they were trying to do. What a great result and a rare victory for common sense and decency.

[jimlup]

44. Will the Reptilians appeal this?

And how would the Supremes rule?

[ecstatic]

45. That's encouraging, but they'll probably start purging now

Wrongly classifying voters as dead or felons. They're determined to steal votes on Rmoney's behalf!