Romney: ‘I’m going to win Pennsylvania’

[Texas Lawyer]

39. Yeah, but see this breaking news:

Judge suggests striking part of Pa. voter ID law

Lebanon Daily News

http://www.ldnews.com/ci_21652071/judge-suggests-striking-part-pa-voter-id-law?source=most_viewed

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A judge considering a challenge to a politically charged Pennsylvania law that requires voters to show photo identification suggested Thursday he may strike part of it so that someone who doesn't have a valid ID at the polls can cast a provisional ballot that will still count without getting one.

Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson made the suggestion toward the end of a hearing on the issue, and lawyers for the plaintiffs seeking to halt enforcement of the entire law before the Nov. 6 presidential election quickly protested it, saying it could cause even more problems and confusion.

Simpson said he was seeking a way to target "the part of the act that's the offending activity, the disenfranchising part." Under the new law, someone who does not have a valid ID at the polls can cast a provisional ballot, but it won't count unless they show a valid photo ID to county election officials within six days of the election.

What Simpson seems to be considering would excuse a voter without valid ID at the polls from having to get it and show it later.

The constitutionality of the law is not a question in front of Simpson. Instead, the judge is under orders from the state Supreme Court to issue an injunction of the law for this year's election if he finds the state has not met the law's promise of providing free and easy access to a photo ID or if he believes it will prevent any registered voters from casting a ballot.

Simpson must rule by Tuesday, just five weeks before the election.