Pennsylvania judge halts voter ID law for November 6 election

[bassin_bug]

I just cannot undestand the huge uproar requiring a voter to have an ID. Do you mean to tell me that none, and I mean none of these folks never purchase alcohol or cash a check? The "let's allow everyone and anyone to vote" crowd always screams about the poor and downtrodden not being able to vote. HOGWASH!!!!

If going to the proper authority to receive an ID is too much of a hardship for you, then you don't deserve the right to vote. This just chaps my buttocks.

I'm beginning to get confused on the entire ID system. I had to get another voter ID card and, I'll swear, that was nothing but a piece of trash. It was a 1-1/2 inch wide piece of cardboard with my name and address and Precinct on the front and a signature line on the back, no photo. It looked like something a child would make. I walked down to the Sheriff's office to renew my CCW Permit; the one that had expired looked much like my drivers license with a photo ID that was one year old. The person issuing the new CCW Permit asked for my drivers license so she could see if I was who I said I was. duhhh!

People in my county who buy tobacco products, regardless of their age, have to submit a photo ID in order to make a purchase. I don't smoke, chew, or dip (lol) but I've seen cashiers ask for an ID from men that looked 75 years old. They do the same with alcohol purchases. I just don't see what the big issue is over a voter ID unless the complaintant has something to hide.

[Chubminnow]

I just don't see what the big issue is over a voter ID unless the complaintant has something to hide.

Of course you know what the big deal is...as we all do. If voter ID is required, as it always has been in my voting jurisdiction for as long as I can remember, then Obama stands a chance of not getting as many votes, plain and simple.