# Pennsylvania Upholds Voter ID Law

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-upholds-voter-id-law/631582>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 15, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-upholds-voter-id-law/631582 "2012-08-15T17:21:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheSlapIsBack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@TheSlapIsBack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSlapIsBack)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-upholds-voter-id-law/631582/323 "2012-08-19T17:27:29Z")

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The only problem with these types of laws is that they were not already on the books. They are so commonsensical that they only way they appear not to be is by allowing decades of people voting without identifying themselves to pass. Then it opens the door for ridiculous arguments about race and discrimination.

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