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Related: About this forumPennsylvania Voter ID Law Trial Set To Begin As State Concedes It Has No Proof Of Voter Fraud
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Trial Set To Begin As State Concedes It Has No Proof Of In-Person Voter FraudThe Huffington Post | By Nick Wing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/pennsylvania-voter-id-trial_n_1697980.html
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Defendants in a case against one of the nation's strictest voter ID laws in Pennsylvania made a major concession to plaintiffs this week, just days ahead of the start of the trial over the measure.
In a stipulation agreement signed earlier this month, state officials conceded that they had no evidence of prior in-person voter fraud, or even any reason to believe that such crimes would occur with more frequency if a voter ID law wasn't in effect.
"There have been no investigations or prosecutions of in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania; and the parties do not have direct personal knowledge of any such investigations or prosecutions in other states, the statement reads.
According to the agreement, the state will not offer any evidence in this action that in-person voter fraud has in fact occurred in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, nor will it "offer argument or evidence that in-person voter fraud is likely to occur in November 2012 in the absence of the Photo ID law.
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Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Trial Set To Begin As State Concedes It Has No Proof Of Voter Fraud (Original Post)
applegrove
Jul 2012
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tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)1. K&R
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,438 posts)2. What leg do they have to stand on then?
Seems like the "trial" should be over before it starts.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)3. The only way the rethugs can win this case is if they bribed the judge