Texas, again: A three-judge panel in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia unanimously ruled that the Texas voter I.D. law was illegal. The Texas law was even worse than Pennsylvania’s law. It required voters in some cases to travel up to 200 mile and pay $22 to obtain the proper I.D.
Rick Perry, hair in place, was quoted as saying, “Chalk up another victory for fraud.”
Ohio: A U.S. District Court judge ruled that Ohio, which had allowed in-person early voting since 2005, had no good reason for changing the rules now. In 2008, 93,000 people voted on the weekend before the election--mostly the elderly and minority voters. For the full story go to <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/ohio-obama-early-voting-lawsuit_n_1821882.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular>
Earlier this week another federal judge said Ohio must count all ballots, even those that were cast in the wrong precinct if the fault was with the precinct officials, not the voter. In 2008 there were about 14,000 such votes. For the story on this, see <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ohio-ordered-to-restore-weekend-early-voting-in-judges-ruling/2012/08/31/c7f3b5d4-f3a6-11e1-892d-bc92fee603a7_story.html?wprss=rss_national>.
Onward to Pennsylvania.
It is great to win these battles, but we must win the war. The states will try to over rule these cases, that I'm sure of.
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