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ACLU: Voter ID Agreement ‘Good News For Voters’

The parties in the voter ID case agree that voters will not need to show photo ID at the polls in order to vote in May. They filed the agreement with the court Thursday.

2013/02/15

File Photo (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Pa. Voter ID Law Won’t Be Enforced In May Primary

Pennsylvania voters will not be required to show photo identification in the May 21 primary election under an agreement signed Thursday by both sides in a pending lawsuit.

2013/02/14

(A sign outside a Penndot office advertises the availability of voter ID cards which the law, later delayed, would have required on Election Day. File photo by John Ostapkovich)

Plaintiffs In Pennsylvania Voter ID Case Ask Judge To Extend Block On The Law

The plaintiffs in the voter ID case are set to file papers today asking the Commonwealth Court to extend the block on the voter ID law. It was stopped only for the November election.

2013/02/07

Watchdog Group Releases Results Of Election Day Survey On Voter ID Law

The voting rights watchdog, Committee of Seventy, released the results of its Election Day survey on Voter ID.

2013/01/27

(A sign at a Penndot center advertises that it offers a new, less stringent form of ID card usable only for voting purposes. File photo by John Ostapkovich)

Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Is Back In Court Today

Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson is expected to layout the timeline for the remainder of the case, including the date when a final decision on the voter ID law could be made.

2012/12/13

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Brain Dead Politics In Virginia

Ken Cuccinelli aspires to be the next governor of Virginia after spending four years trying to deny women’s health care rights, blocking Obamacare and forcing his ideology and personal beliefs on the Commonwealth of Virginia.

2012/11/28

Opponents Asking That Pennsylvania Make It Clear Photo ID’s Not Required

Opponents of the state’s new Voter ID law have gone back to court, concerned that state officials are not doing enough to inform the public that photo ID’s are not a requirement to vote in next month’s election.

2012/10/19

People wait in line to vote at the Board of Elections early voting site on October 18, 2012 in Wilson, NC. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Opinion: Democrats Turn Out Supporters For Early Vote As Republicans Try To Suppress Vote

Early vote was once an idea that both parties promoted. But as Democrats grow in their ability to use it to their strategic advantage, Republicans have sought to reduce or eliminate it.

2012/10/19

Ruling Expected Today In Pa. Newspaper’s Poll-Observing Case

A federal judge is expected to rule, today, on whether reporters can cover elections from inside Pennsylvania polling places.

2012/10/05

Stigall Show Log 10.3.12

Chris reviews yesterday’s court ruling postponing implementation of Pennsylvania’s voter ID law until after this year’s election and the longer video of a police officer striking a woman. He also talks to Senator Pat Toomey, Cara Blouin, producer of the Republican Film Festival and Tom McGrath from the Philly Post.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2012/10/03

Stigall Show Log 9.28.12

Chris discusses his time at last night’s Phillies home finale, Ann Coulter’s confrontation with Whoopie Goldberg on The View, and the latest update of Pennsylvania’s voter ID law. He talks to Steve Cordasco on Finance Friday, Comedian Jon Lovitz, and CBS 3′s Beasley Reece.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2012/09/28

Stigall Show Log 9.26.12

Chris discusses the further dilution of Pennsylvania’s voter ID law, how to interpret recent presidential polling in the state, and New York City high schools giving free contraception to students. He also talks to Tom McGrath from the Philly Post and James Lee, the President of Susquehanna Polling.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2012/09/26

“Rock The Vote” Makes Stop In Philadelphia

Students at Community College of Philadelphia got a visit from the “Rock the Vote” bus on Tuesday.

2012/09/26

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during a campaign event at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 6, 2012. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages)

New Poll Shows Pennsylvania Remains Firmly In Obama Camp

A new Franklin and Marshall College Poll shows President Obama with a comfortable lead in Pennsylvania.

2012/09/26

Stigall Show Log 9.25.12

Chris discusses the latest information on the attacks on the Libyan Consulate and the Tanning Mom’s accusations that Mitt Romney has a fake tan. He talks to Gary Levitt from Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship, Joan Doyle from the Doylestown Council about their breastfeeding ordinance, former Governor of New Hampshire, John Sununu, and Comedian Jimmy Shubert.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2012/09/25