Lead plaintiff in Pa. voter ID case gets her photo ID

The day after a judge upheld Pennsylvania's new voter identification law, the lead plaintiff in the suit seeking to block the law went to a PennDot office and was issued the photo ID card she needs to vote.

“....an Inquirer reporter who accompanied Applewhite to the PennDot center....”
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I suspect the reporter was expecting/hoping that the opportunity for a very different story would emerge from the visit.

I work in the Finance Building which is next to the Judicial Center where the Commonwealth Court held this trial. Across the street from the Judicial Center is the Keystone Building, which is PennDOT’s headquarters. When Applewine was giving her testimony, the street was lined with news vans, with satellite dishes aimed at the sky. Only one news crew was there the day the court gave their ruling.

No one in the media made the connection that if Applewine could make it 100 plus miles from Philadelphia to Commonwealth Court, she could also make it to the nearest PennDOT location in Philadelphia, or perhaps be wheeled across the street to the Keystone Building. The local media in Harrisburg know the layout of the Capitol Complex, but mum was the word. I bet they even joked about the location of PennDOT with the national media.

I have no pity for Applewine. She is a useful idiot of the left, simply an uneducated Democrat from Philadelphia that will go on to vote for Obama because is he is black.

I think this helps support the “photo ID is required” case when it goes to the PA Supreme Court on appeal. It will take a 4-2 decision to overturn the lower court ruling. Fwiw, 3 judges are Dems, 3 are GOP.

Look for Romney to take PA. The election will be called for Romney by the time Colorado reports their results.

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