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Should Voters Be Forced To Show ID?

Challengers to Pennsylvania’s tough new law requiring voters to show photo identification are appealing a judge’s decision to let it take effect in the Nov. 6 presidential election. The lawyers for the people and rights groups suing filed the appeal Thursday afternoon. The paperwork was filed in the lower Commonwealth Court. The Supreme Court says it hasn’t received it. But the lawyers are asking the high court for a speedy review, including oral arguments to be scheduled during the court’s session in Philadelphia the week of Sept. 10. The law is the subject of a furious debate over voting rights/ KXLY . More here.

Question: I had to show my ID when I voted absentee for Coeur d’Alene school bond. No. Big. Deal. What do you think?

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