Janai Nelson on Bid to Block PA Voter ID Law

August 16, 2012

In the Media

Judge rejects bid to block pa. voter ID law
By Amy Worden
Philadelphia Inquirer
August 16, 2012

Excerpt:

But Janai Nelson, an elections law expert at St. John's University School of Law in New York City, said the judge failed to recognize what Nelson called the immediate harm of enforcing the new ID requirement with the presidential election now just 83 days away.

"Instead, the court places great faith in a political process that is fraught with partisanship to protect voter's rights," she said.