When asked direct questions about the type of IDs available, 46 percent of PennDot staff provided bad information. Some falsely claimed, for example, that obtaining the voter-only ID required a birth certificate or Social Security card, or costs money. In some cases, PennDOT employees steered the volunteers away from that ID altogether. One staffer even told a volunteer that it was “worthless.
- New short piece at Philly Weekly on latest report analyzing Pennsylvania Voter ID