[EL] Lead Penn Voter ID Plaintiff gets her ID

[John Meyer]

I think many of you may have read this, but it is relevant to the question of need for voter ID requirements with specific reference to Pennsylvania
as it includes reference to an actual, recent look at various voting irregularities in Philadelphia:

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/314273/voter-fraud-keystone-state-john-fund

I certainly am not an expert on Pennsylvania voter problems, but it is well-known in political circles that both parties used to have areas where they would
manufacture votes by various methods. with the demise of big-city Republican machines, the tendency became more party-specific -- and even more so with
the collapse of some of the Republican suburban machines, such as Nassau county in New York (I don't know if Nassau County R's actually manufactured votes
or if they only followed the 1% of salary for all public employees tradition).  Anyway, I do recommend the article.   


________________________________
 From: Jon Roland <jon.roland at constitution.org>
To: law-election at department-lists.uci.edu 
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [EL] Lead Penn Voter ID Plaintiff gets her ID
 

In general there are no requirements for a plaintiff to prove identity to file a case, in any jurisdiction. Identification comes in with being a witness and providing evidence, such as presenting an affidavit, which must be sworn before a notary or other designated verifier. Of course, the attorney will be expected to provide his name, address, and bar card number, but he will usually not have to otherwise prove he is who he says he is, and his client can be a "John Doe". Even a witness may be anonymous with the consent of the court. 

The elevation of personal identity to the importance accorded it
    today is an innovation in our legal tradition. Historically it has
    had much less importance, usually where ownership of property was
    involved.

On 08/17/2012 11:07 AM, Michael McDonald wrote: 
The state of Pennsylvania has a more strict
identification law for voting than to be a plaintiff in a case? 


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