Bill--I totally agree with you. I am getting tired of hearing that it is a conspiracy to prevent Democrats from voting!

I must respectfully disagree with your statement that the law "targets groups of people".. I would put forth that the law actually levels the playing field for ALL voters by applying the law to everyone and not carving exceptions out for this group and that group. Your statement would have been true during Jim Crow's time, in that certain groups were singled out to have to meet higher, silly standards designed to discourage them and in many cases actually preventing them from voting. This law did not become law overnight so people have had time to plan accordingly. An informed and prepared voter is a beautiful thing.

Again the same group that you are saying is targeted have ID to go down and get Welfare but don't have it to vote. It is their alias names that they are voting under that they can't get ID for and are boo hooing, because they won't be getting kick backs for voting many of times in different neighborhoods and voting places.

You are missing the point. Obviously, you are fortunate enough to already have photo id. And I have no problem with showing ID to vote, but it's the timing of the whole thing that is questionable (as evidenced by Turzai's comments). Elderly, handicapped, poor just don't live the privileged life that most of us do. I'm shocked how many people think $10-$15 is so easy to cough up. Why not issue National Identity Cards to all citizens, as many other countries already do. And when that is complete, then request voter ID. Since when is the ability to drive a car the standard for identification.

In order to get welfare you have to have a photo ID.....so if you are poor and get welfare, you have a photo ID

Plus Allegheny county is offering them FREE.....so if you can't afford it and live in Allegheny county there is no excuse!

paula m, how long has now has PENNSYLVANIA had PHOTO ID cards in place for people that don't drive, 15 to 20 years now. You have to show Photo ID to buy meds, go to hospital, PT, do returns to stores, by cigarettes and alcohol, apply for welfare. I can remember when my NaNa went downtown and got her own PA ID card, she was 85 at the time and when she came home she called everyone in the family to tell us about her getting a Photo ID. She didn't have a birth certificate either and she used her paper that she used when she became a citizen of the United States back in 1954. She came to America legally from Italy in 1945 and in 1954 became a Citizen. It took 9 years back then to become a Citizen and still has the flag they gave her when she became a citizen.

There are still people livingin the 19th century!

If you are not going to be absent from your local area/polling location you are not eligible for using an absentee ballot in PA.

If you don't have valid ID you can get a provisional ballot to vote.

Here's a link for absentee ballot rules. Scroll down to PA.
http://www.longdistancevoter.org/absentee_voting_rules#.UFxGxLJlTwN

You just can't "get" an absentee ballot.

I hope that it helps him---4 more years of Obama will finish the job & really wreck our country!!

Joe totally agree with you. The ones that can't get voter ID are all the illegal names that don't have valid birth certificates to go with the names. A friend who works for the Elections in Ohio, when they went to showing ID 10 years ago, they found that a forth of the names on the list were actually alias people voting in more than one voter place and they have removed all these names from the voting list. They did a search of all these names though records, they registered houses as their addresses that didn't exist, were living on vacant land with no buildings. They were able to remove all the people that has passed away but were never removed from their records. My friend said it was a very smart move when valid ID went into place in Ohio. They also have in place that if you don't vote in 3 consecutive elections, then your name is removed from their list. Voting is a privilege that we should do each election, whether it is a dog catcher running for office or the President of the United States.

Guess you are happy under President Obama then who wants to share the wealth Your hard earned money is going to be going to someone who is waiting for the government to give them what you worked for.

It doesn't take a whole day to spend at the DMV to get a voters ID. I had my wallet stolen a year ago and was in and out of the DMV within a half hour. I took my Birth Certificate, a utility bill, filled a form out at the desk with my name, address and phone number, email address, signed it, gave the man behind the desk a check and he printed me out a duplicate Drivers License. Why would you have to pay for childcare when they allow children in the DMV, they don't have signs up no children allowed.
These same people that are complaining had valid photo id with an expiration date on it to go get welfare and free medical. These same people that you say can't get to the dmv DMV every month. IN Pennsylvania for the last 15 years their is Photo ID for people that don't drive so they don't need to go out and buy a car and get a drivers license. To go to college you need to show a valid Photo ID to get a school ID Card. It is all the alias names that people have that won't be able to vote, which they shouldn't of been voting in 10 different places anyway.

Pat, with your four year plan, that would say that people need four years to get their act together for flying on an airplane, opening a banking account, doing transactions with regard to medical procedures, etc.

Nine months is not enough time to get an ID, right? You can be sure that there is a certain segment of the population for which ANY amount of time would not be enough. When would be the right time to implement? Remember that any time would be before an election.

Kane Hospital's four regional locations: http://www.alleghenycounty.us/kane/locations.aspx

CCAC Campuses: http://www.ccac.edu/default.aspx?id=137112

another Red Herring.
cc should become a fish monger.

once again ne12ukid is on attack, why don't you pull up stories to prove me wrong as you always seem to be a know it all that knows nothing about anything. you ne12ukid have been out fishing for all the half truth articles that you post without even reading the whole article. then again you went and learn how to read with rosetta stone.

For the record ne12ukid
"Fourteen other states require or have approved laws that will require voters to show photo identification, according to the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures.

Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a similar bill in 2006 but it was vetoed by then-Gov. Ed Rendell on the grounds that it would make voting unnecessarily difficult.

What will become of the latest bill remains to be seen, but with strong Republican support in the House and from GOP Gov. Tom Corbett, its prospects for passage — in some form — appear strong. …"

This bill was also turned down in 2001.

Ne12Ukid, go read past history in Pennsylvania on Photo ID in Pennsylvania before you open your mouth and stick your foot into it. You for one don't know what your talking about, but that is par for the course.