Thu Aug 23, 2012, 07:18 PM

blue neen (12,159 posts)

PA Supreme Court Agrees to September Voter ID Hearing

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court agreed today to a swift review of the Commonwealth Court decision upholding the state's voter ID law, thereby rejecting a Corbett administration request to hold off until October.

The court agreed to an expidited review, meaning it will hold hearings in its Philadelphia session from Sept 10-14.

Read more at:

http://earlyreturns.post-gazette.com/component/content/article/53-post-gazette-staff/4697-supremes-agree-to-sept-voter-id-hearing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EarlyReturns+%28Early+Returns%29

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
PA Supreme Court Agrees to September Voter ID Hearing (Original post)	blue neen	Aug 2012	OP
Alright...now let's get rid of this thing	livetohike	Aug 2012	#1
Oh, it would be wonderful!	blue neen	Aug 2012	#2
September 13	freeandequalpa	Aug 2012	#3
I'm considering doing civil disobedience if Voter ID goes through.	philly_bob	Aug 2012	#4
I had thought of this too, but	Curmudgeoness	Aug 2012	#5
This is either a defeat of the GOP, or the Supremes want to get it done with...	malthaussen	Aug 2012	#6
All eyes are on Castille	JPZenger	Aug 2012	#7

Response to blue neen (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 07:21 PM

livetohike (21,493 posts)

1. Alright...now let's get rid of this thing

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Response to livetohike (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 07:26 PM

blue neen (12,159 posts)

2. Oh, it would be wonderful!

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Response to blue neen (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 08:44 PM

freeandequalpa (45 posts)

3. September 13

From the session list (see page 4), it looks like the Court scheduled the hearing for September 13, the same day it will hear all of the appeals in the redistricting cases.

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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 08:47 PM

philly_bob (2,408 posts)

4. I'm considering doing civil disobedience if Voter ID goes through.

Not Black Bloc police-baiting runaway games, but dignified polite I'm-a-citizen-and-I'm-here-to-be-arrested-Officer civil disobedience based on conscience.

Transparent partisan maneuvers to get Republicans elected, depriving society's most vulnerable of their vote, is simply not acceptable.

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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 09:31 PM

Curmudgeoness (18,219 posts)

5. I had thought of this too, but

I refuse to not vote because of a stunt. It is too important. I must just do whatever I have to do to get a ballot, even if I know it is wrong to put this requirement on us.

Maybe, just maybe, this hearing will give some good news---even if it is to delay the implementation for this election.

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 02:46 AM

malthaussen (16,111 posts)

6. This is either a defeat of the GOP, or the Supremes want to get it done with...

Somehow, I seriously doubt that the members of the Court have not already decided where they are going to vote on this issue.

-- Mal

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Response to blue neen (Original post)

Sat Aug 25, 2012, 11:09 PM

JPZenger (6,819 posts)

7. All eyes are on Castille

I don't expect the court to overturn the law, but there is plenty of evidence that justifies a delay.

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