PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: A Commonwealth Court judge issued an injunction today blocking Pennsylvania’s controversial new voter ID law from taking full effect before the presidential election, clearing the way for voters without government-issued identification to cast regular ballots on Nov. 6.
Judge Robert E. Simpson Jr. in essence ruled that the general election would be – like the primary – a soft rollout of the law.
“I reject the underlying assertion that the offending activity is the request to produce photo ID; instead, I conclude that the salient offending conduct is voter disenfranchisement,” he said… (more)
