REPUBLICANS have been salivating over voter-ID legislation for years, and the 2010 elections gave them the power to pass bills in states, according to Jennie Bowser, senior fellow at the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Pennsylvania is poised to become the ninth state with a strict photo-ID law, following the leads of Georgia, Indiana, Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Wisconsin and South Carolina. Yesterday, Virginia legislators gave final approval to a similar bill.
A January poll conducted by Terry Madonna Opinion Research found that 87 percent of Pennsylvania voters strongly or somewhat favor a law requiring voters to show a driver's license or state-issued ID before voting.
