A six-justice Pennsylvania Supreme Court, divided evenly along political lines, will hear two politically charged matters this week one regarding the state’s controversial voter ID law and the other regarding its second review of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission’s redistricting efforts.
The voter ID law, which withstood a constitutional attack before a Commonwealth Court judge last month, heads to the justices as proponents have called it a valid measure against voter fraud. Its opponents, on the other hand, claim the law is a thinly veiled Republican effort to disenfranchise poor and minority voters.
