I am not still convinced in my predictive judgment that there will be no voter disenfranchisement arising out of the Commonwealth’s implementation of a voter identification requirement for purposes of the upcoming election. Under these circumstances, I am obliged to enter a preliminary injunction.
— Excerpt from Pennsylvania Judge Robert Simpson’s decision barring state officials from requiring voters to present photo identification in order to vote at the polls on November 6th. The leader of the Republicans in the state Senate boasted earlier this year that the photo ID law Republicans passed in Pennsylvania would help Mitt Romney carry the state. Now that law is on ice.