HARRISBURG, June 30, 2012 – Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today released the following statement on today’s Commonwealth Court ruling:

“I’ve been confident all along that the courts would see the serious flaws and dubious reasoning behind voter ID.

With just over a month to go before the election, we have to switch our focus to making sure that people know they can vote just as they did in the primary and that their votes will be counted.

Unfortunately, the ruling comes after the millions of dollars were wasted trying to get this done in time to affect the presidential election. The effort was a costly mistake and it comes at a time when we’re cutting back on help for families with disabled children and other important social services.

For months I’ve been hearing from frustrated seniors, students and others who didn’t know what the requirements were and the requirements kept changing.

Now, I can tell them that they can express their frustration the way the Founders intended them to: by voting.”