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The Democratic Party of Pennsylvania condemned a voter ID law passed by the state legislature on Wednesday as a waste of taxpayer money.
“At a time when we need to focus on creating jobs and getting the economy back on track, Pennsylvania Republicans have spent significant time trying to disenfranchise voters at a cost of $11 million to taxpayers,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Jim Burn. “Today, Republicans passed this misguided legislation. It is an unnecessary and costly piece of legislation that is truly a solution a search of a problem.
The law requires voters in the state to present a photo ID when they cast ballots in federal, state and local elections.
The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center estimated the legislation would cost $11 million. In order to withstand legal challenges, the state must provide photo IDs for free, notify and educate voters about the new voting restrictions, hire more election staff, and purchase additional photo ID equipment.
Read more at The Raw Story. By Eric W. Dolan.
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The only reason it will cost anything is because of dems. will be fighting it and the taxpayers will have to pay for them to fight it from becoming law.
I wonder if the Democrats realize how ignorant they seem to be when they talk about “disenfranchising” voters. EVERYONE in this country LEGALLY has some sort of photo ID. Otherwise they could not function in this society. The only voters disenfranchised would be the illegals, fradulent ACORN registrations, the cartoon characters, and the deceased people. Democrats obviously are very concerned about the outcome of this election.
Talking about my tax dollars – I mind my tax dollars supporting Solyndra and Obama vacations a whole lot more than I mind my tax dollars shutting down the ability of democrats trotting through dead people in my elections – as is noted, the only people who don’t have or can’t get for free already, a piece of ID, are the illegals and it prevents stuffing the ballots with ilegal voting.