http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20120921_Montco_to_issue_voter_ID_cards.htmlAs the battle over Pennsylvania's controversial voter-ID law heads back to court, Montgomery County's Democratic-controlled government lobbed its own grenade into the partisan fracas Thursday.
Starting next month, the county will issue its own poll-ready photo IDs to registered voters through a county-run nursing home, the commissioners announced.
The plan exploits a loophole in the law that allows colleges and government-managed care facilities to issue identification cards to anyone, not just those who work, attend classes, or reside there.
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Though neither county ran its plan past the Pennsylvania Department of State, which administers elections, Ron Ruman, a spokesman for the agency, said it had no immediate plans to challenge the counties in court.
"We believe it's legal, but we don't believe it's appropriate," he said of the new policies. "To us, it's very clear that this was not in the legislative intent of the law."
