Dick Tuck
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I stand by my convictions. Even this Republican has the civil right to vote.
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Could Disenfranchise ‘Super Voters’ | TPMMuckraker
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Could Disenfranchise ‘Super Voters’ | TPMMuckraker
Nearly one-fourth of the senior citizen voters who have cast a ballot in the past 50 consecutive elections (including November 2011) lack a valid state-issued ID and could be prevented from casting a ballot in November, according to a new PA AFL-CIO analysis of data provided by the state.
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Helen Taylor, an 81-year-old from Doylestown who wants to vote for Romney, wasnt aware the voter ID law would prevent her from voting until she was contacted by TPM. She no longer drives, and her licence expired a few years ago after she got into an accident.
Taylor first voted for Dwight Eisenhower after seeing him speak in Philadelphia as a young woman. Shes heard some people talking about the law but didnt think it would affect her. Taylor doesnt think the law is necessary.
I mean, here I am, Im 80-years-old, I live in a retirement community, Taylor said. I definitely want to vote. My whole family always likes politics. My parents were Democrats, they loved Roosevelt and all that. But everybody well there are a couple Democrats left I think but almost everybody is a Republican now.