Yes Pennsylvania Voter Id Law Halted For Election

      In the last post we looked at it in a preliminary way

      Pennsylvania voter id postponed for election?

      http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2012/10/pennyslvania-id-law-halted-for-election.html

      Now we can say without equivocation that the voter id law has been halted until after the election.

       "A judge on Tuesday blocked Pennsylvania's divisive voter identification requirement from going into effect on Election Day, delivering a hard-fought victory to Democrats who said it was a ploy to defeat President Barack Obama and other opponents who said it would prevent the elderly and minorities from voting."

        "The decision by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson on the law requiring each voter to show a valid photo ID could be appealed to the state Supreme Court."

         "However, Simpson based his decision on guidelines given to him days ago by the high court justices, and it could easily be the final word on the law just five weeks before the Nov. 6 election.
Simpson ordered the state not to enforce the photo ID requirement in this year's presidential election but will allow it to go into full effect next year."

          http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/pennsylvania-voter-id-ruling_n_1919187.html

          Of course it remains debatable whether we want it in effect at all. Judge Simpson however was not ruling on the constitutionality of the law simply that there is not enough time to execute it in a way that doesn't stop some voters from voting. Other states that have voter id laws at least phased it in over time.

          Last week, the Republican Governor of Pennsylvania had moved to make the voter ids more available in a tacit admission that the law doesn't pass the state Supreme Court's test:

          "Last week, the Corbett administration overhauled the process for getting a voting-only ID card – an admission that the state had not met the Supreme Court's test for the whether the law should stand."

           I'll tell you many signs seem to point to this being a very good year for the President and the Democrats. Romney had little chance of winning Pennsylvania-even with the id law. This verdict is yet another example of the system working lately-like the SJC to uphold ObamaCare.