Cost of Freedom Creator: Women Disproportionately Affected by Voter ID
Philadelphian Faye Anderson decided to help create the Cost of Freedom Project, a national web-based application which provides information to get identification to vote, after she realized complaining about voter suppression laws wasn’t getting anyone anywhere. “Back in the day we used to say, you’re either part of the problem or part of the solution....
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Attn. Philly Students: Voter ID? There’s an App For That
A group called the Cost of Freedom has launched a Smart phone campaign to help people in Voter ID states figure out just what they’ll need to practice their Constitutional right to vote. And students who want to vote in Pennsylvania with your student ID? There are certain requirements of that ID, as per the legislation. So read on. As we’ve documented here,...
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Committee of 70 Holding Training Sessions for Voter ID Education
The Committee of Seventy notes its Voter ID coalition will be sending “trained non-partisan volunteers to every city polling place to talk to voters about the Voter ID law” during the April 24 primary, during which time you do not necessarily need ID, but you will be asked for it and told to bring one in November. They’ll be holding training sessions for...
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PA House GOP Says Will Finally Focus on Jobs–Monday
It’s been a long year and some. After Pennsylvania Republican Party swept into control of both Legislative bodies and the governorship with the promise of restoring more Pennsylvania jobs, they began their session of hateful rule in January 2011. But instead of a Keystone economic boost, they’ve mainly focused on social issues, voter suppression, cutting...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Rep. Metcalfe Tells Bob Brady to Stop Endorsing Fraud
It’s on: State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe put an open letter to Congressman Bob Brady on his website yesterday, telling the Philly Democratic boss to “stop endorsing voter fraud and corruption,” in regards to the recently-signed Voter ID bill. Brady has put out a statement against the bill, which Metcalfe, who sponsored it, says is necessary because ACORN...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: AG Candidate Murphy Says he Won’t Enforce ‘Ultrasound’ Legislation
Former Congressman and current Pennsylvania Attorney General candidate Patrick Murphy claims he won’t enforce the ultrasound bill if it goes into law and he is elected in November. His Democratic primary opponent, Kathleen Kane, is also opposed to the bill but has stopped short of saying she plain old won’t enforce it. Gov. Corbett is now saying his “Close...
Continue ReadingCommittee of Seventy Releases Everything You Need to Know about Voter ID
As you know, after a long, multi-season fight in Harrisburg, the Legislature passed the Pennsylvania Voter ID law this week and Gov. Tom Corbett let his T-Bone steak dinner go cold to sign it just hours later. One of the many nonprofit and advocacy groups across the state that’d fought against the bill was Philadelphia good government group Committee of Seventy....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Video: Corbett Statement on Voter ID Bill
As you may have read yesterday, the House passed the state’s Voter ID bill and Gov. Corbett dropped everything to sign it at 6 p.m., just a few hours after it was sent to his desk. A legal challenge looms over the bill and even the Obama Administration has jumped in, calling the measure “a costly bill to address a non-existent problem.” Perhaps Mr. Obama...
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Voter ID Mess Passes House with ‘What’s the Big Deal?’ Closing Argument
If there’s a lasting legacy of the debate surrounding Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Bill—which passed the House today, 104-88, and Gov. Tom Corbett has promised to sign as soon as possible—it’s this: In partisan legislation put forth for likely nefarious purposes in Pennsylvania, facts don’t matter. That is, unless the state’s constitution is set to be...
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