A Pennsylvania judge on Friday blocked the state from enforcing its strict voter ID law in the Nov. 5 general election.
The state cannot require local elections officials to verbally tell voters at the polls that photo IDs could be required in future elections, but officials can distribute written material about the law, Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley said.
Friday’s ruling marked the third consecutive election in which enforcement of the law has been blocked by court order.
Pennsylvania’s voter ID law would be one of the strictest in the nation, but has never been implemented.