Judge Strikes Down Pennsylvania Voter ID Law

A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that requiring voters to show ID’s at the polls is an “unreasonable burden.”

State Judge Bernard McGinley’s ruling comes nearly two years after civil and voters’ rights groups challenged the law, which Gov. Tom Corbett signed in March 2012 but never went into effect because of the court case.

“Voting laws are designed to assure a free and fair election; the Voter ID Law does not further this goal,” McGinley said in his ruling.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.