Key part of voter ID law in Pennsylvania is delayed for election, By Ethan Bronner, October 2, 2012, New York Times: “A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday delayed full implementation of a highly contested state law requiring strict photographic identification to vote in next month’s election, saying that the authorities had not done enough to ensure that potential voters had access to the new documents. The judge, Robert Simpson, who upheld the law in August when it was challenged by liberal and civil rights groups, was instructed by the state’s Supreme Court two weeks ago to hold further hearings. He was told to focus on the question of whether enough had been done to ensure ‘liberal access’ to the picture ID cards or alternatives…”
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