Voter ID Law and Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania: One of the lawyers who helped strike down the voter ID law in Pennsylvania last month says legislation tabled by the Harper government will inevitably wind up depriving some people of their voting rights. , according to CBC. That warning comes from a country where voting rights are an especially emotional subject, for obvious historical reasons. Americans know the issue well. And the impact of ID rules has been studied extensively, re-emerging in recent years as a hotly debated partisan issue. A participant in the bruising American battle over voting rights warns that Canada is treading on dangerous ground with its proposed electoral reforms. That's why any change to voting requirements should be made with the strictest care, in the spirit of achieving more accurate election results, said Witold Walczak, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union for Pennsylvania. Election reforms would bring big changes to campaign spending Election reforms include end to blackout on early results Read the Fair Elections Act (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.