SCRANTON TIMES-TRIBUNE: State officials acknowledged during the recent Commonwealth Court hearing on the state’s shameful, politically motivated voter ID law that there is no record of in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania and that the law is not likely to prevent fraud in November…
The hearing, following House Republican Majority Leader Mike Turzai’s frank admission that its intent was to help Mitt Romney carry Pennsylvania, revealed the baldly partisan attempt to suppress votes in that cause…
Judge Simpson is expected to rule soon. Ideally, he will dismiss the law and save the commonwealth the embarrassment it promises. But, even if he doesn’t do so, the Corbett administration and state lawmakers should decide that protecting the right to vote is more important than vote suppression in support of Mr. Romney. Lawmakers should repeal the law… (more)
