Temporarily enjoined back in October, Voter ID will be back before Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson in a December 15 status conference on plaintiffs’ application for a permanent injunction. The judge may hear more arguments about how (another) six months still isn’t enough time for voters to get a free ID, or how it’s impossible for little old ladies (except lead plaintiff Viviette Applewhite, who got her ID the day after Judge Simpson’s court originally upheld Voter ID), but these are red herrings – the one and only goal is no Voter ID. Ever.
Only one outcome will satisfy the anti-ID crowd, including Witold Walczak, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. “Until it’s declared unconstitutional we’re not going to give in.”