Sounds like your the one who's whinning. Why should we have to change now after 100+ years of being able to vote without photo ID? Is someone affraid of how certain people will be voting?

Voter ID has nothing to do with voter fraud and everything to do with supressing the minority vote in swing states and Pennsylvania. Just listen to PA House Republican leader Mike Turzai on June 23, 2012..."Voter ID is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania...done".

Good point Steve. Why fix what is not broken? There have only been 2,068 alleged voter-fraud cases since 2000. This obviously does not call for a change in the way Americans vote.

Even if someone was bold enough to be a unregistered or mistaken identity voter, that only gets someone ONE extra vote. What we really have to worry about is mass voter fraud from machines and the like.

No one is asking (aDelco Resident) Americans to change how to vote. We are only asking is to provide an ID. And, what is wrong with that, unless you have something to hide? Get serious, you are just nitpicking and acting hypercritical.

"Why should we have to change now after 100+ years of being able to vote without photo ID?"

Do you really want to go back to the voting practices of 100 years ago?

John, Congratulations on being nienty percent Libertarian. Welcome. I hope Mr. Johnson can count on you this November. Yours in Liberty.
Gen. Anthony Wayne

Mr Pino, if everyone were as fortunate as you are, there wouldn't be a problem getting voter identification cards. See, if you needed one, you could just jump in your car and drive to Exton or Norristown to take care of it in a snap. But, the others we're talking about most likely have to rely on our lousy public transportation to get there. It would mean a day of waiting for buses that don't come nearly enough or drop riders close enough to one of the two centers within ten miles of here (close and convenient, these DL Centers are not). They'd probably have to miss a day of work to do it. And, even if they could get there, what if they don't have a passport to prove they're citizens .. or even a birth certificate because they've never needed to have one before.
You show zero compassion for people who aren't as organized, articulate, well-read or current as yourself. And, since they aren't, you seem to delight in punishing and insulting them. Perhaps you could volunteer to drive some of these individuals to the DLCenters or help with campaigns issuing IDs to senior citizens who are in nursing homes or students at university. To me, that would be the true American spirit you're calling on others to show.

Thank you Catherine! Couldn't have said it better.

Mr. Pino, providing an ID is a CHANGE in the way Americans vote! How do you not see that? This law is unnecessary.

Mr.Pino did not have to sit five hours at pendot..get marriage license,death certificate,load his elderly parent in a car..pay for birth certificate,all so someone who has voted in same polling site for FORTY YEARS can vote.As well as millions of tax dollars we are spending to advertise pay court cost in our so called cash strapped state.Want to worry about ID's? who is checking ID's at self serve lottery machines?Must be 18 to play but who is checking? Kids are betting.Gambling addiction does exist unlike voter impersination..not one case in history of PA..look it Harpers magazine Sept 2012.as always the parnoid conservative..afraid poor and needy are taking from the wealthy

PINO,
Well if you want to be part of the ghee how easy it is to be poor get rid of everything you own and join them.By the way do you PERSONALLY know anyone on welfare?were you talking to them at Mcdonalds?Did not seem too concerned about billions wasted in Iraq for king George..typical blame the poor..how many illegal aliens do you know..are you and Apache, Iriqous?Sounds like class warfare to me ..criticize the poor OKAY but say something about factory closing millionaires and hey lay off the rich..
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Oversees work environment better?..textlie worker in Cambodia makes $700 a year..maybe yo can do it over here for $600 a year big shot..not about taxes it is about greed..

Mr Pino: Read yesterday's Washington Post story on one woman's ordeal to get a voter ID in Philadelphia. I hope it will change your point of view. This person is not a freeloader user on welfare: She owns her own home, has worked at the same job for 24 years and has been a registered voter for a long time. It was unnecessary bureaucratic b.s., which she had to use up a vacation day to suffer through. Her situation? She lives in the city, has had no need to drive and no bank account or credit cards -- she pays for everything with cash. That means she had to buy a money order (plus surcharge!) to pay for the ID that fortunate people like you, Mr Pino, don't have to bother to get.

Catherine--I usually do not respond to comments but since you want me to read the Washington Post, I will say this, I do not have to read what the Washington Post has to say about this woman from Philadelphia.
I can only tell you that in today's world, there is (no reason) that a person can live without a bank account or a credit card. We are not talking about the Stone Age here. This is, 21st century America and people do have bank accounts and other forms of identification.
There is something wrong here and I am not going to venture to what it is for your benefit.
Again, stop whining and get an ID. I have multiple ID's and I am not an elitist. I am an Immigrant who has learned the American way and live proudly as an American.

Mr Pino, if you read the article, perhaps you will get an understanding -- and have some compassion -- for how others lead their lives. As an immigrant, you should know: there is not one single kind of American. Your way of living is not superior to the way others live their lives.