Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson didn’t rule from the bench Thursday, but he did give strong indications that he is planning to enjoin part of Pennsylvania’s new voter ID law before November’s election.
He cut in on each side’s closing argument to seek guidance on what a reasonable injunction might look like. Simpson finished by suggesting that he might block certain language that would have the effect of requiring all provisional ballots to be counted. He worried aloud that using the provisional ballot section of the law might be fitting a “round peg into a square hole.”
