I’m starting to think Barack Obama may have more than luck on
his side. The guy is definitely living a charmed
life. Someone up there must like
him. Thanks to Judge Robert Simpson,
Pennsylvania’s voter suppression law – let’s
just call it what it is, shall we? – has been postponed until after the presidential election. For those who were starting to worry that
Pennsylvania was shaping up as this year’s Florida, they can now relax. This is one state Republicans won’t get the chance
to steal.
The injunction doesn’t strike down the law; far from
it. Voters who show up to vote will
still be asked to show photo ID. If they don’t have it, they will be allowed to
cast their votes. Prior to the ruling they would only be able to cast “provisional”
ballots, which would’ve been thrown out in six days if they did not return with
the proper ID. As many as half a million
votes, potentially, could have been tossed a week after the election results
had been announced. And you thought Bush v. Gore was a clusterfuck. This had
all the makings of a Greek tragedy.
With Wisconsin’s voter ID law effectively muted, early
voting restored in Ohio, and Florida governor Rick Scott’s purging efforts
blocked ironically by his own voting supervisors, things are starting to look
encouraging. If Republicans are going to
win this November, it looks like they will have to do it the old fashioned way.
They'll have to earn it.
Yes, Virginia, there is a God.
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/pennsylvania-voter-id-ruling_n_1919187.html
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