PHILADELPHIA – Colleges in Pennsylvania are working to ensure students can use campus identification cards to cast ballots in the fall election, even as a judge weighs whether to toss the state’s controversial new voting law.
The tougher regulations require voters to show an approved photo ID with an expiration date beginning with the Nov. 6 presidential contest.
In many cases, students may already have a driver’s license that meets the standard. But for those who don’t, some colleges are issuing new ID cards with expiration dates. Others are offering stickers with expiration dates to put on existing IDs.
The efforts come as opponents sue to block the 5-month-old law, claiming it is unconstitutional and will disenfranchise about 1 million state residents. Supporters say it’s needed to prevent voting fraud.
