Plaintiff in Voter ID Lawsuit Gets Temporary ID (PA)

[CatWoman]

One of the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit to block Pennsylvania's new Voter ID law has been granted the identification necessary to cast her ballot despite lacking the documentation required to get the card.

Ninety-three-year-old Viviette Applewhite received her temporary identification card on Thursday, the same day her attorneys appealed a judge's ruling upholding the law Applewhite sued over.

Applewhite, of Philadelphia, testified in July that she was unable to get the necessary documents for an ID because she was adopted early in life, so the name on her birth certificate doesn't match her other paperwork.

State officials say PennDOT is committed to working with applicants on a case-by-case basis.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/Plaintiff-in-Voter-ID-Lawsuit-Gets-Temporary-ID-166526396.html

[OregonBlue]

1. On a case by case basis. At that rate they might get the 700,000 voters registered in the next 20

years.

[progressoid]

8. See how simple it is? All you have to do is sue your government first.

[mitchtv]

2. yeah, one at a time

come by in 3 months

[Politicalboi]

3. It probably expires

November 5th 2012. Now how did that happen? And yes I'm sure Penn Dot has ample time to go over all your paper work and also run Penn Dot with hundreds of other customers. Pack a lunch. And if some of the closed Penn Dot buildings are still there, they might want to try and open them just for voter registration. Actually, they should use those buildings for the vote too. And use that building to house the votes, and count them.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Every citizen who needs an ID to vote should get one

That is true in Pennsylvania and every other state that has passed voter suppression laws.

[Politicalboi]

5. Also this suit may open doors

She didn't have all the paperwork, but they gave it to her anyway. Why have the law? How many others didn't get the same treatment. They didn't pull a Supreme Court move and say only this ONE time. LOL!

[CatWoman]

6. Good catch

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. "We made an exception for the plaintiff and

the rest of you are on your own".

I hope the PA Supremes are paying attention!

[SoCalDem]

9. How "nice" of them to stamp "TEMPORARY" on it for her

.. Nice is not exactly the word I was thinking of..

Watch her still get hassled because it says temporary..