Voter-ID law upheldby Jen Colletta | 1 day 19 hrs ago | Retrieved from the Internet on August 18, 2012 by SJ
http://www.epgn.com/view/full_story/19830206/article-Voter-ID-law-upheldA judge this week upheld Pennsylvania's new voter-identification law, which critics say could make it harder for low-income, elderly and transgender voters to head to the polls.
Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson ruled Wednesday in the highly publicized case, denying plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction, which would have stopped the law from going into effect in November.
Republican lawmakers approved the measure this past spring in an action that some say was designed to limit participation by Democratic voters in upcoming elections.
The challenge to the law was spearheaded by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. Among the witnesses were several elderly voters who have been unable to attain proper identification, as well as a transgender Pittsburgh man who contends his ID card could be challenged by poll workers.
