Witnesses recall hurdles to get Pennsylvania voter ID

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A dozen witnesses testified on Thursday about the hours-long waits, multiple trips and misinformation they experienced in getting the voter ID cards required under a Pennsylvania law that a judge will soon decide whether to block.

On the second day of hearings called by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson, a parade of witnesses, including one in a wheelchair and another who walks with a cane, spoke about the hurdles they faced to get the cards before the November 6 presidential election.

Simpson set a deadline of Friday for lawyers to submit documents, including their suggestions on what kind of injunction to issue should he find voters have less than "liberal access" to the IDs required under the battleground state's new law.

Simpson is expected to rule ahead of the October 2 deadline set by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court when it ordered him to reconsider the law he upheld in August.




Reuters/Reuters - Larry Johnson (C) stands next his mother Ethel, 87, sitting in her wheelchair as they wait to get a voter ID card inside a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation office in Philadelphia

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