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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Tue Mar 6, 2012, 02:28 AM Mar 2012

Voter photo ID bill heads to Senate floor(Pa.)

The proposal that election officials ask voters for photo identification passed a Senate panel, 15-11, on Monday, and a spokesman for Senate Republicans said he expects a vote of the full chamber on Wednesday. The House approved an earlier version of the bill in June, and Gov. Tom Corbett supports requiring voters to show photo identification.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12066/1214764-454.stm#ixzz1oJbrntJE

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Voter photo ID bill heads to Senate floor(Pa.) (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2012 OP

Is Gov. Corbett one of those Republicans who ran a bait & switch campaign in 2010 pacalo Mar 2012 #1

Yes, he's a complete asshole. MrSlayer Mar 2012 #2

So sorry, MrSlayer. PA wasn't the only state fooled, though. pacalo Mar 2012 #4

The thing is, I don't think anyone was fooled. MrSlayer Mar 2012 #5

Everyone that I personally know that either lives in PA now or is originally pacalo Mar 2012 #6

I wonder if the Courts can step in and make a ruling on this issue. ellisonz Mar 2012 #3

Voter ID passes Pa. Senate! yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2012 #7

pacalo

(24,721 posts)

1. Is Gov. Corbett one of those Republicans who ran a bait & switch campaign in 2010

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 03:44 AM

Mar 2012

like the governors (most notably) of Wisconsin & Florida?

This is unquestionably voter suppression, & I hope that these state laws can be remedied by, perhaps, a federal law outlawing this Republican strategy when our Senate & House have majorities in 2013.

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)

2. Yes, he's a complete asshole.

Reply to pacalo (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 06:16 PM

Mar 2012

I tried to warn my fellow Pennsylvanians about this douche but to no avail. Not only did we get this piece of trash, we also got Pat Toomey in the Senate.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)

4. So sorry, MrSlayer. PA wasn't the only state fooled, though.

Reply to MrSlayer (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 7, 2012, 11:32 PM

Mar 2012

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)

5. The thing is, I don't think anyone was fooled.

Reply to pacalo (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 12:34 AM

Mar 2012

Unless they were fooling themselves. Corbett was pretty clear what he was about. Conservatives and teabaggers like the sound of their tough guy rhetoric but the practice not so much. But they'll vote against themselves anyway.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)

6. Everyone that I personally know that either lives in PA now or is originally

Reply to MrSlayer (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 12:51 AM

Mar 2012

from PA is a Republican: my niece & her husband, an elderly couple who are my neighbors, & one of my mom's neighbors. I hear ya, but I'm living in a region with the same attitude. Frustrating, isn't it?

ellisonz

(27,711 posts)

3. I wonder if the Courts can step in and make a ruling on this issue.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 09:18 PM

Mar 2012

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

7. Voter ID passes Pa. Senate!

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 03:08 AM

Mar 2012

Republicans expect House OK; rancorous debate fills Capitol

HARRISBURG -- Senate Democrats spoke for hours on Wednesday against a proposal requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.

When that didn't stop their chamber from approving the legislation, sending it on to a supportive House, the Democrats said they would challenge a successful law in court.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12068/1215249-454.stm#ixzz1oVTeDd1L

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