ELECTION 2012 - Pennsylvania Voter ID Law, NOT This Election

"Pa. Judge Rules Strict Voter ID Law Will Go Into Effect Year After Election" PBS Newshour 10/2/2012

Excerpt

SUMMARY: A Pennsylvania judge blocked a law that will require voters to show government ID at the polls from taking effect until after the 2012 elections. Ray Suarez asks Republican Pa. state representative Daryl Metcalfe and Judith Browne-Dianis of Advancement Project if the law addresses voter fraud or merely disenfranchises voters.

COMMENT: This is, and always has been, a Republican 'red herring' attempt to disenfranchise a segment of voters that lean Democratic.

Voter fraud has never been an actual *big* issue, BUT the ability for some American citizens to actually get a legal ID has been an issue.

Also, the often repeated 'legislating from the bench' is ABSOLUTELY WRONG!

1. The law was legally challenged and the court has to rule.
2. In the U.S. no one has the right to do just anything they want to that is found unconstitutional. That includes state legislators AND citizens.