the old, the young, and the poor. three quarters of a million people in pennsylvania could be disenfranchised by the state s new voter id law. it could swing the election in mitt romney s favor, which is what state republicans have wanted all along. volter id, which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. can t be plainer than that. the republican appointed commonwealth secretary initially claimed just 1% of pennsylvania voters would be affected by the law. turned out those numbers were off, way off. 9.2% of registered voters in pennsylvania could be turned away from the polls this november. how do they get it so wrong? says a pennsylvania department of states spokesman, we were asked to provide that information in a very short period of time as the bill was moving through the legislature. in fact, the spokesman told the cbs affiliate his department only took a day and a half to compare u.s. census data to
penndot records. they compared records to voter reg slalgz polls. a county by county look at the new law shows democratic strongholds will be hit the hardest, mainly philadelphia and allegheny counties. how hard? enough to thurn the state red. as the philadelphia daily news reports, the total of just these two counties, 286,048 is more than three times the total votes former democratic congressman joe sestak lost by in his 2010 senate race against republican pat toomey. toomey beat sestak by 80,229 votes. now the law faces a leaggal challenge. a july 25th hearing is scheduled. it could possibly reach the state s supreme court by the november election. joining me is the reverend jesse jackson. welcome on the show. what a subject. receive rnd jackson, let s