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| Pennsylvania voter ID: voters misinformed at some polling stations | Pennsylvania voter ID: voters misinformed at some polling stations |
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| Signs at some polling places in central Pennsylvania misleadingly inform voters they need photo IDs to vote. | Signs at some polling places in central Pennsylvania misleadingly inform voters they need photo IDs to vote. |
| The Guardian's Erin McCann tapped an inside source to get the scoop – her father, who ripped some of the signs at a Snyder County site down: | The Guardian's Erin McCann tapped an inside source to get the scoop – her father, who ripped some of the signs at a Snyder County site down: |
| The PA voter ID signs my dad (and his beard) took down twitter.com/mccanner/statu… | The PA voter ID signs my dad (and his beard) took down twitter.com/mccanner/statu… |
| — erin mccann (@mccanner) November 6, 2012 | — erin mccann (@mccanner) November 6, 2012 |
| Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled legislature did pass a voter ID law, but on October 2 a court ruled that the law would not apply for today's election. A state judge ordered that while poll workers can still ask voters for ID, they must allow those without ID to vote. The details are here. | Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled legislature did pass a voter ID law, but on October 2 a court ruled that the law would not apply for today's election. A state judge ordered that while poll workers can still ask voters for ID, they must allow those without ID to vote. The details are here. |
| It's unclear how widespread the problem is. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a "good deal of confusion": | It's unclear how widespread the problem is. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a "good deal of confusion": |
| The Committee of Seventy election watchdog agency said one of the biggest problems in the city and suburban Philadelphia counties was poll workers telling voters that they needed to have voter ID before they could cast ballots. | The Committee of Seventy election watchdog agency said one of the biggest problems in the city and suburban Philadelphia counties was poll workers telling voters that they needed to have voter ID before they could cast ballots. |
| "There's a lot of honest misunderstanding, and maybe some not so honest," said Zack Stalberg, the committee's CEO. "There's a good deal of confusion." [...] | "There's a lot of honest misunderstanding, and maybe some not so honest," said Zack Stalberg, the committee's CEO. "There's a good deal of confusion." [...] |
| Stalberg said there numerous polling sites across the region that were handing out old information saying that voters needed to produce identification for the current election. | Stalberg said there numerous polling sites across the region that were handing out old information saying that voters needed to produce identification for the current election. |
| "There are reports from all over, both the city and the suburbs," Stalberg said, adding that his organization would try to determine whether the problems was part of any voter suppression effort. | "There are reports from all over, both the city and the suburbs," Stalberg said, adding that his organization would try to determine whether the problems was part of any voter suppression effort. |
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