Pennsylvania judge strikes down voter ID law

[JURIST] Judge Bernard McGinley of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court [official website] on Friday struck down [opinion, PDF] the state's nearly two-year-old voter identification law, considered one of the most strict in the nation. In his opinion, MicGinley wrote that the state had failed to adequately explain [AP report] why the law was a necessary measure: "Voting laws are designed to assure a free and fair election; the Voter ID Law does not further this goal." The law was determined to...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/01/pennsylvania-judge-strikes-down-voter-id-law.php

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