From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER:
In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court in a widely cited opinion said states could require voters to show photo identification at the polls to guard against fraud.
But the Supreme Court ruling may not apply in every case. The justices said the plaintiffs had failed to present evidence that the law violated anyone’s constitutional rights, and said such proof might make future challenges possible.
Robert Pastor, director of American University’s Center for Democracy and Election Management, said the Pennsylvania lawsuit seemed to present the best evidence of harm of any case so far. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania brought the suit and has presented testimony from 10 people, some of them elderly, who said it would be difficult for them to get the required ID before the November election…
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