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PDFFrom Post-Gazette:
Responding to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion that raised questions about the ID card process, a procedure finalized last night eliminates the requirement that a voter first attempt to get a traditional Department of Transportation ID card before seeking a new card that was created last month as a “last resort.”
PennDOT’s deputy secretary for safety administration, Kurt Myers, outlined the changes this morning during the latest round of arguments before Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson on the new voter ID law.
Anyone seeking an ID card for voting purposes only now can request a Department of State ID card directly and without showing two proofs of residency.
If applicants are not registered to vote, they can fill out a registration form while their ID card is being made. The registration form and ID card then will be mailed to the Department of State for processing, and the ID card will be mailed back to applicants once their voter registration is processed.
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Judge Simpson ruled last month that the new law requiring photo ID of all voters was being implemented appropriately and he declined to grant an injunction halting the statute.
But the state Supreme Court sent a challenge of the law back to the lower court last week, asking it to ensure there is “liberal access” to new voting-only IDs and there will be “no disenfranchisement” of voters on Nov. 6.
A supplemental opinion is due back to the Supreme Court by Oct. 2.
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