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Pennsylvania / Voter ID Law #1032153

NBC Evening News for Tuesday, Oct 02, 2012
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.

(Washington: Pete Williams) The court ruling that the Pennsylvania law requiring identification at the polls cannot be enforced on Election Day examined; details given about the shifting requirements for getting a new ID; map shown of states with strict ID laws and those that blocked them. [WOMAN – says it took days to get her ID.] [Pennsylvania NAACP Jerome MONDESIRE†- says it was a hastily drawn law designed to disrupt the vote for the presidential election.] [VOTER – comments.] [NBC political editor Mark MURRAY†- says some Democrats were concerned the law could make Pennsylvania a closer contest than polls suggest.]

Reporter(s):
Williams, Brian;
Williams, Pete
Duration:
00:02:10

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