FOXNews.com: Judge blocks Pennsylvania voter ID law ahead of election

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Judge blocks Pennsylvania voter ID law ahead of election Oct 2nd 2012, 13:59 Published October 02, 2012 Associated Press A judge is postponing Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification requirement, ordering that it not be enforced in the presidential election.  Tuesday's ruling comes just five weeks before the election. An appeal is possible. The 6-month-old law requires each voter to show a valid photo ID.  Democrats and groups including the AARP and NAACP mounted a furious opposition to a law Republicans say is necessary to prevent election fraud. Critics have accused Republicans of using old-fashioned Jim Crow tactics to steal the White House and have highlighted stories of registered voters struggling to get a state photo ID.  The law was already a partisan lightning rod when a top Republican lawmaker boasted that it'd allow GOP nominee Mitt Romney to beat Democratic President Obama in Pennsylvania.

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