Judge bars enforcement of photo ID requirements

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13. In Pennsylvania, Photo ID will deny to almost 10% of all voters the right to vote

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/pennsylvania-voter-id-law_n_1652469.html

http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-05/news/32537732_1_voter-id-new-voter-id-cards

Over 750,000 Pennsylvania Voters, many in Philadelphia for that is the single largest area with a population who do not own or drive an Automobile.

Other forms of Photo ID is also permitted, Passports, Military ID or Collage photo IDs.

Now these same people tend NOT to have pass ports or Military ID. Some may have a Collage Photo ID if that ID does NOT have an expiration date it can NOT be used This is a problem for ONLY TWO COLLAGES IN PENNSYLVANIA ISSUE IDs WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE, ALL THE OTHER COLLAGES IDs HAVE NO EXPIRATION DATE ON THEM (the Collages expires them the same way a Credit Card is expired, it is marked on the computer and when ever the ID is used, it kicks up as invalid).

Notice the difference between Military IDs and Collage IDs in regards to the need to have an expiration date. The reason for this is simple, enlisted IDs have always used the last date of enlistment as the expiration date, Officers IDs have no expiration date and are marked "Indefinite". When I was in the Service 20 years ago, Officers service ends with their resignation which is up to them to do OR not to do thus they ID must reflect that fact, i.e. they are officers till the time they resign. This is still the law, and if an Officer retired (but did NOT resign) he or she may still have a Military ID with an indefinite expiration date marked on it. Thus a Military officer can use his or her Military ID without an expiration date, but a Collage student can not use his or her Collage ID without an expiration date.

Military ID for Medical purposes do have an expiration date for Officers, BUT that was do to how the Card was formatted for Computer use, it was an error that would cost to much to fix:
http://moaablogs.org/financial/2008/09/expiration-date-on-the-back-of-your-military-id-card/

Pennsylvania even accepts that some Military IDs made have an "Indefinite" expiration date on it, but is still acceptable for voting:
http://phillyelection.com/PA_new_voter_id_law_military_voters.pdf