The Pennsylvania primary is a week away, and while Santorum suspended his campaign some time ago, Romney is still running tv ads attacking him.

One change in our general election here will be the requirement that all voters must present photo id in order to vote. While first-time voters have always been required to bring an id, it has never been required of returning voters, who've been casting their ballots in the same local precincts.

There has not been any problems with voter fraud as the local precinct system has served the Commonwealth well. However, our Republican House passed this measure in a thinly veiled effort to minimize the electoral impact of the young, the elderly, and minorities, who are less likely to have a driver's license, and will be required to travel to a designated licensing center to obtain a photo id.

This legislation came on the heels of their failed attempt to change PA's electoral votes from a winner-take-all (as it always has been) to a division of votes, based upon popular votes within each congressional district.