Politics & Government

Baldwin Twp. Sen. Fontana Wants Voter ID Implementation to Be 'Easy'

'What is most lacking from the implementation of this law is convenience.'

"While the focus remains on the ongoing court case and the politics surrounding the law, there has not been enough attention paid to the administration's implementation of the law," wrote state Sen. Wayne Fontana about Pennsylvania's new voter ID law in a Sept. 24 editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

"What is most lacking from the implementation of this law is convenience."

Fontana, who represents all of Baldwin Township and holds an office on Brookline Boulevard, has recommended that elected state officials' offices be among the places that can issue valid voter IDs.

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Read his full editorial here.

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