To: Sara May-Silfee, Monroe County Director of Elections and Voter Registrations
Monroe County: Just Say No to the New Voter ID Law
Sara May-Silfee, Monroe County's Director of Elections and Voter Registrations, we urge you to protect the integrity of elections in our County by joining with your counterparts in other counties across Pennsylvania and refuse to enforce the flawed new Voter ID law.
Like similar laws across the nation, its proponents claim the purpose of the law is to prevent In-Person Voter Fraud. It is now well known that our new PA Voter ID law, like many recently enacted across the nation, was introduced not to stop voter fraud, but rather to disenfranchise minority, student and elderly voters. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of voters would be turned away from the polls in PA if it were to be enforced. Philadelphia election officials "expect a mess".
It has just been established in a Pennsylvania State Court, that there has never been a single prosecution -- in fact, there has never even been an investigation -- of anyone, ever even attempting to commit in-person voter fraud in PA. Not one. Not Ever. Not in the entire the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Official In Charge Of Pennsylvania Voter ID Law: 'I Don't Know What The Law Says
http://bit.ly/N97eZZ
Talking Points Memo, July 31, 2012
Philadelphia election official is "anticipating a mess" over photo ID law
http://bit.ly/NKRXna
Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug 2, 2012
Voter ID law may affect more Pennsylvanians than previously estimated
http://bit.ly/OcwbDK
The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 2012
Delco election official vows to defy ID law
http://bit.ly/P6tSlk
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 28, 2012
Like similar laws across the nation, its proponents claim the purpose of the law is to prevent In-Person Voter Fraud. It is now well known that our new PA Voter ID law, like many recently enacted across the nation, was introduced not to stop voter fraud, but rather to disenfranchise minority, student and elderly voters. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of voters would be turned away from the polls in PA if it were to be enforced. Philadelphia election officials "expect a mess".
It has just been established in a Pennsylvania State Court, that there has never been a single prosecution -- in fact, there has never even been an investigation -- of anyone, ever even attempting to commit in-person voter fraud in PA. Not one. Not Ever. Not in the entire the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Official In Charge Of Pennsylvania Voter ID Law: 'I Don't Know What The Law Says
http://bit.ly/N97eZZ
Talking Points Memo, July 31, 2012
Philadelphia election official is "anticipating a mess" over photo ID law
http://bit.ly/NKRXna
Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug 2, 2012
Voter ID law may affect more Pennsylvanians than previously estimated
http://bit.ly/OcwbDK
The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 2012
Delco election official vows to defy ID law
http://bit.ly/P6tSlk
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 28, 2012
Why is this important?
Urge Monroe County's Director of Elections and Voter Registrations to join election officials across the Commonwealth and, to the full extent of their legal authority, Just Say No to enforcing PA's ridiculous new Voter ID law.
Let's take back the integrity of our elections.
Let's take back the integrity of our elections.