Judge who gave OK to Pa. voter ID law to review it

From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS / AP:

A legal challenge to Pennsylvania’s tough new law requiring each voter to show photo identification will reappear in court next week in front of the same judge who initially refused to halt the law.

A court clerk said Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson will take up the case Tuesday to comply with a Supreme Court-ordered review of whether registered voters are able to get the state-issued photo IDs they need.

If they cannot get the kind of access to a photo ID promised by the law, or if the judge believes any voters will be disenfranchised, thean he is obliged to halt the law from taking effect in the Nov. 6 presidential election, the high court said in its ruling Tuesday…

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