While we wait for a ruling this week on the controversial Voter ID bill, there appears to be a loophole, according to Philly.com, in the form of the alternative ballot.The alternative ballot is basically an absentee ballot for those with a disability or who are older than 65 and who have a polling place deemed inaccessible by the County Board of Elections.Although the application for absentee ballot now asks for your drivers license number, Social Security number or other acceptable form of identification, the alternative ballot application does not ask for that.If you are planning on voting …
Pennsylvania passed a law in March requiring all registered voters to show a valid and “acceptable” photo ID before voting. This is one of the strictest voter ID laws in the nation. Voter advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, challenged the new requirement and closed their arguments in Commonwealth Court Thursday. Across the country, 30 states have enacted some type of voter ID reform and it has become a hot button issue in an election year. Pennsylvania is no exception. Supporters say the laws prevent voter fraud; critics say the laws are a political …
Starting with the November General Election, Pennsylvania law will require voters to show an acceptable photo ID to vote at the polls. All identification used for voting must have an expiration date and be current, except for Pennsylvania driver's licenses or non-driver photo identification, which are valid for voting purposes one year past their expiration. Voters who do not have an acceptable form of photo identification for voting can get one for free at any Pennsylvania Department of Transportation driver license center. What you need to do depends on whether or not you previously had a …
Roughly nine percent of people registered to vote in the state do not have a PennDOT ID number that will be required to vote in the fall general election, according to the a Pennsylvania Department of State comparison of voter registration rolls and PennDOT ID databases. Do you agree with the Voter ID bill? Tell us in the comments below. The database comparison provided by the Department of State shows that 91 percent of Pennsylvania's 8,232,928 registered voters have PennDOT ID numbers. Of the 758,939 voters who could not be matched between the Department of State and PennDOT databases, 22 …
