From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Editorial:
When Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court convenes in Philadelphia Sept. 13 to consider whether the state’s restrictive voter-ID law violates citizens’ rights, the justices should have read the federal court decision blocking a similarly restrictive law in Texas.
The decision serves as a guideline because the issues are analogous. Like Pennsylvania’s legislators, Texas lawmakers passed a bill that would have required voters to show photo IDs, including a driver’s license, passport, or government ID. But the three-judge federal appeals panel decided to toss the Texas law because it “imposes strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor and racial minorities.”
About 11 percent of the nation’s voters lack photo IDs. The proportion, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, is higher among minorities, the poor, and the elderly…
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