Pennsylvania’s voter ID debate has come a long way

July 28, 2013 12:15 am

By Karen Langley / Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau

HARRISBURG — This summer, like last, teams of lawyers have spent days in a courtroom near the state Capitol arguing whether the state’s voter ID law creates too great a barrier to the polls.

At a glance, the hearing last summer over the law’s enforcement at the approaching November elections and the one currently taking place in Commonwealth Court over its permanent fate are similar enough that spectators could be forgiven for a sense of deja vu.