Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Last week the Pennsylvania Supreme Court punted the voter ID case back to the trial judge with instructions to reconsider the evidence and to enter an injunction if the evidence shows that the state's new voter ID law cannot be liberally applied to prevent the disenfranchisement of any voter of their state constituional right to vote.
On Tuesday, the trial court judge began a supplemental evidentiary hearing and instructed attorneys to begin preparing an injunction. Pennsylvania voter ID requirements change – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The state judge listening to a new round of arguments on the state's voter identification law concluded the day-long session by directing attorneys to come prepared Thursday to argue what they think a potential injunction should look like.
Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson said it's his responsibility to consider the possibility of halting the new law — which requires all voters present a photo ID card with an expiration date in order to cast a ballot — and how to tailor such an action so that it addresses why the law isn't being properly implemented.
"I think it's possible there could be an injunction entered here," he said. "I need some input from people who have been thinking about this longer than I have."
