Pennsylvania governor drops court fight for voter ID law

[struggle4progress]

Thursday, May 08, 2014 8:05 p.m. CDT
By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said on Thursday he would not appeal a court ruling that struck down a controversial law requiring registered voters to show photo identification.

The decision is the latest in a string of victories against voter-ID laws, which have become a hot racial and political issue across the United States. Last month, judges overturned voter ID laws in Wisconsin and Arkansas.

A Pennsylvania state appellate court judge had issued an injunction in January of this year blocking the enforcement of the 2012 measure, finding it unconstitutional.

"We commend the governor for not continuing to push a dangerous and unnecessary law that would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters," said Witold Walczak, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, one of the groups that filed suit against the law ...

http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2014/may/09/pennsylvania-governor-drops-court-fight-for-voter-id-law/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good news!

[Cha]

2. This is freaking HUGE! a BFD as it were.. thanks struggle!

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Awesome. I hope he tells all his friends. In the old days, this would've been good news...

around here. I guess the new Libertarian faction of Democratic Underground no longer gets animated by these things, unless they can bash Obama over the head with it.