Pa. Governor to Veto Voter ID Bill

By | Published: February 21, 2006

Hallaluja! There’s someone in this country who has some sense. It’s too bad Bob Taft isn’t one of them.

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Monday he’ll veto a bill that would require voters to show identification at the polls because he believes such a mandate is unconstitutional and would disenfranchise some of the state’s most vulnerable residents.

People including nursing home residents and poorer citizens might not have proper ID and thus could lose their right to vote under the legislation, Rendell said.

“At a time in our nation’s history when voter participation is dropping to alarming levels, the government should not be taking action that will turn away bona fide voters from our polls,” Rendell, who made the announcement in a speech at the National Constitution Center, said in a statement

I’m crying in my tea right now because I don’t live in Pennsylvania. I wonder if DH would consider moving? Why didn’t our governor do the same thing with this insanity? Oh, yeah, I forgot…he’s a moron and Ken Blackwell would prefer it if people just didn’t show up to vote- then he could add their votes to his column and no one would be the wiser.

I could live there, I think. They have Amish, we have Amish. They have the Steelers and we’re stuck with the, ugh, Browns. They have the largest women’s shoe store (in Sharon, PA. I saw the commercial). We have the largest heel in state government. I could definitely adjust.