Pennsylvania Republicans plan to reintroduce their election overhaul legislation now that Gov. Wolf has changed his public position to say he's open to new voter ID requirements.
Wolf had said that changes to the state's voter ID rules were a nonstarter for him, declaring it off-limits even before Republicans unveiled the bill. His office didn't negotiate the legislation at all before Wolf vetoed it.
But in a shift, Wolf told The Inquirer last week he is open to new voter ID rules, setting the stage for the issue to be front and center when the legislature returns to the Capitol in the fall.
KDKA TV Political Editor Jon Delano tells Lynne Hayes-Freeland "voter id laws to vote at the polls are very popular." "polling shows 70 percent plus people think there should be some form of voter id." The question is, can you impose a voter identification requirement without making it impossible for certain people to vote, says Delano.
