Pennsylvania judge halts voter ID law for November 6 election
Larry Johnson (C) stands next his mother Ethel, 87, sitting in her wheelchair as they wait to get a voter ID card inside a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation office in Philadelphia September 27, 2012. REUTERS/Tom Mihalek ~ [CLICK TO ENLARGE]
By Mark Shade
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday blocked Pennsylvania from requiring voters to show identification in November's U.S. election, a decision that could influence turnout in a top electoral prize in the presidential race.
Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson issued a partial preliminary injunction that halts the requirement that people show either a state driver's license, government employee ID or a state non-driver ID card in order to vote on November 6.