Philadelphia opts not to issue Voter IDs
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The Nutter administration says it will not follow the lead of Montgomery and Allegheny counties in issuing photo ID cards to voters through county nursing facilities or Philadelphia Community College.
Philadelphia opts not to issue Voter IDs
BOB WARNER
The Nutter administration has decided not to follow the lead of Montgomery and Allegheny counties in issuing photo-ID cards for Philadelphia voters through county nursing facilities or Philadelphia Community College.
The city Law Department is not certain such IDs will be accepted at polling places and the city intends to use its limited resources in other ways to help registered voters who will need photo ID to cast ballots in November, said Brian Abernathy, chief of staff in the city managing director’s office.
“With limited resources, the city’s efforts should and will be focused on actions that we know will be successful and guarantee voters the right to vote,” Abernathy said in an email to the PA Voter ID Coalition, an amalgam of more than 150 organizations trying to help the public deal with the new voter ID requirements approved by the legislature and Gov. Corbett last March.
Mayor Nutter announced two weeks ago that the city would step up its efforts to publicize requirements of the new law and help provide transportation to get registered voters to PennDot offices to obtain photo ID cards when necessary.
The city’s initial plan was to let groups involved in the Voter ID Coalition use the city’s Zipcar account to rent vehicles to take people to PennDot licensing centers. But that plan fell through because of scheduling difficulties, Abernathy said.
The city’s new plan is to provide transportation directly, using city-owned vehicles and city fleet mechanics who’ve been assigned to light duties because of injuries, Abernathy said. To his knowledge, he said, the city has not yet received any requests for transportation help from coalition members.
“With limited resources, the city’s efforts should and will be focused on actions that we know will be successful and guarantee voters the right to vote".
The ONLY voters whom should be "guarenteed" anything are legal voters. Not illegal immigrants nor dead people that miraculously had voted in the past. As the country refuses to prosecute and deport the millions of illegal immigrants, the Republic needs to ensure the legimtate vote is protected even if the lazy and incompetant complain that its too much effort to get a legitimate ID...after all, even the ACLU primary complaintant secure her ID in less than 15 minutes when she actually tried.— Professor1982- Not only doesn't it happen, in person voter fraud is a stupid way to rig an election. You would need thousands of people impersonating other voters to make an impact.
In contrast to your baseless ridiculous voter fraud claims, hundreds of thousands of PA voters will be disenfranchised bu the voter ID law. - "Disenfranchised" or just plain LAZY???
If Mitt Romney is wrong, then the answer is simple.
If Mitt Romney is right, then the answer will be obvious.— Professor1982 - professor, you fail again. Romeny is wrong because that 47% includes military folk, senior citizens, people who lost their jobs in the bush recession. Oh, and most of those 47% live in Red states and are probably Romney supporters. Like I said, you failed.
— mike l - Of course, Kilgore, there is no empirical evidence of anybody being disenfranchised by any voter ID law nor is there evidence of turnout being reduced in states that have voter ID, but keep spouting the same flawed argument. — jfar86
Comment removed.- Failed again,prof, because the complainant got special teatment by the state. She still did not have the necessary birth certificate, etc, that other still need. They gave her an ID for PR sake. It doesn't solve the problem for thousands of other voters, those who have been registered for decades and voted for decades, but now have to prove who they are. Dumb, professor, dumb, — mike l
- @mike I - WRONG...Even the Inky and Philly.com did a story that the ACLU complaintant went to get her ID unannounced and the clerk that waited on her had NO IDEA who she was.
NICE LIE THOUGH! Typical of liberals...— Professor1982 - Dead people are people, too, my friend. — mrnmkr
- Dead people don't vote. Another gop myth. — mike l
- Can you vote without a signature on the registration sheet that you must sign in on when you vote in ANY election??? If your signature is good enough on a check that your bank honors to transfer MONEY, then HOW is it not sufficient enough to identify you to vote?? Please answer that one for me--PLEASE!!!!!— stillphilbill
- Just what I thought. Nothing--no response-crickets!! In the absence of answers to my question I'll just assume it's voter suppression. SOMEONE PROVE ME WRONG!!!
- Sure you can transfer money, try withdrawing it without an ID. — rwbjr
- At my bank, where they actually KNOW me (just like election workers who have known many voters personally over many decades) my signature suffices. When I first opened my bank account, there was no such thing as a photo ID. My birth certificate and SSN (I was too young to have a drivers license at the time) was enough. If your ID was established before the 9/11 rules, your signature STILL is your best form of ID. I'm with Kilgore--how would ANY group be able to organize hundreds of thousands of fraudulent voters to rig an election???
- Walk into another branch of your bank where, you're not known, and see if you walk out with money.
So every poll worker is suppose to know everyone who walks in.
I'd bet that you got your drivers license before they started using photo IDs.
If as you say a signature is still the best form of ID why do they put photos on drivers licenses? You really should think before you write.— rwbjr
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