Voter Suppression Blocked in Pennsylvania: Judge Strikes Down Lastest 'Voter ID' Law

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By Scott Keyes
In a major victory for proponents of voting rights, a Pennsylvania judge overturned the state’s new voter identification law on Friday.

The voter ID measure was enacted in the Commonwealth in March 2012, eight months before the presidential election. It contained a strict ID requirement, meaning that if a voter showed up at the polls and did not have a certain form of photo identification, she would be denied their right to cast a ballot.

Officials estimated that as many as 750,000 Pennsylvanians lacked an acceptable identification, leaving nearly 1 in 10 voters at risk of being disenfranchised.

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