From the POST-GAZETTE:
After a lengthy committee debate on its potential costs and impacts, a measure that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls now awaits consideration by the state House of Representatives.
The bill from State Government Committee chairman Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, passed the panel Monday on a party-line vote of 15-9. Under the proposal, voters would be required to show a photo identification card issued by either the state or federal government.
Pennsylvania voters currently are only required to show an ID during their first appearance at a polling place. Under a change added Monday, a voter without a government-issued photo ID could request one from the state Department of Transportation at no cost…
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