The trial
regarding the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's
voter identification law
started last
week and will continue this afternoon. Today will be the sixth day of what is
expected to be a nine-day Commonwealth Court trial. Regardless of what
happens in this trial, the losing party in this case is expected to appeal
to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
In a detailed report
issued in July of last year, Philadelphia Republican City Commissioner
Al Schmidt found “hundreds of cases of voting irregularities” during the 2012
Primary election in that city, such as “voting by non-registered individuals,
voting by individuals in the incorrect party’s primary, voter impersonation,
voting by non-U.S. citizens,” and “voting more than once.”
The Governor’s Office is
confident that “the law will stand up in court,” and points out that people can
get an I.D. at any one of 71 offices throughout the state. In some cases,
people don’t even need to provide any documents…or any written proof of who
they claim they are, such as a utility bill, to get one.
“You don’t have to show
anything, all you have to do is show up,” says Nils, Hagen-Frederiksen. Press
secretary for the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel.
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