Judge rejects group’s bid to join voter-ID suit
HARRISBURG — A Commonweath Court judge has thrown out a petition by a bipartisan group seeking to intervene on behalf of the state in a lawsuit over Pennsylvania’s new voter-identification law.
In his ruling Tuesday, Judge Robert Simpson said the eight petitioners, among them Rep. Thomas Killion (R., Chester), offered "no proof to support their claims of ‘voter dilution’ or potential loss of an equal opportunity to participate in the voting process." The group filed its petition in support of the law requiring voters to present designated forms of identification at the polls after the act was challenged by 10 plaintiffs last month.
