“Can voter ID laws affect the outcome of an election?”

This article in the Philadelphia Inquirer asks: “Could tough new voter-identification laws such as Pennsylvania’s affect the outcome of the presidential race? The question took on new urgency after Wednesday’s ruling upholding that law – especially because of a widely quoted comment by State House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, who told fellow Republicans in June that the law would ‘allow Gov. Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania.’ But will it? Political strategists and experts in election law caution that it is difficult to predict the electoral impact of such laws in Pennsylvania and the other states that have adopted similarly restrictive measures.”

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