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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Mon Apr 2, 2012, 03:29 AM Apr 2012

Legal experts debate impact of Pennsylvania's new voter ID law!

Vic Walczak, legal director of the Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union, promised to challenge the law in court before the November election.

"We are actively preparing for litigation," he said. "We don't file lawsuits with an expectation of losing."

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/legal-experts-debate-impact-of-pennsylvanias-new-voter-id-law-629492/?p=4

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Legal experts debate impact of Pennsylvania's new voter ID law! (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2012 OP

"we dont file lawsuits with...." - too bad dems don't file legislation w/that attitude lol msongs Apr 2012 #1

Interesting article drm604 Apr 2012 #2

PA Constitution, re: elections meow2u3 Apr 2012 #3

msongs

(67,430 posts)

1. "we dont file lawsuits with...." - too bad dems don't file legislation w/that attitude lol

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 03:46 AM

Apr 2012

"We don't file lawsuits with an expectation of losing." maybe more people would believe that democrats back their philosophies with action

drm604

(16,230 posts)

2. Interesting article

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 04:24 AM

Apr 2012

I'm a Pennsylvanian and I never realized that our state constitution guarantees the right to vote. That should help quite a bit in any court battle.

meow2u3

(24,767 posts)

3. PA Constitution, re: elections

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 11:10 AM

Apr 2012

Elections shall be free and equal; and no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage.

http://weblinks.westlaw.com/result/default.aspx?cite=UUID%28N65192F9034-4811DA8A989-F4EECDB8638%29&db=1000427&findtype=VQ&fn=_top&pbc=DA010192&rlt=CLID_FQRLT111042191024&rp=%2FSearch%2Fdefault.wl&rs=WEBL12.01&service=Find&spa=pac-1000&sr=TC&vr=2.0

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