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Than 1% of registered voters that don't have i.d. and lower than 9%. that means -- >> talk about this judge. i want -- we have been following this case. tell us what happened this week in terms of it going back to this judge. >> sure. what the pennsylvania supreme court did is they didn't uphold the law and didn't overturn it the. they found a third way and john roberts compromise. vacated the lower court ruling and sent it back to the lower court and said you need to look very specifically at whether the state is doing enough to got people i.d.s. this is -- the point i was going to make. some...

After reading the letter. and when my family found out she had done that, we realized she now has no idea whatsoever and part of the irony is, that she did not drive since she was 16. she's 87 years old. she had a nondriver's license. so we called penn-dot to get to it to find out who the medical authority was that said that she had seizures at which point pennsylvania dot said that we would need a court order to get that information. >> they sent her a letter stating that she had seizures out of the clear blue. >> pennsylvania has the lowest standards for medical reporting. so anyone can fill...

Driving because that in itself is terrible. she had no i.d. so you had to get her an i.d. >> right. we called several times trying to get them to rescind the i.d. because we subsequently found out it was done in error and they just kept on snding the same form asking for $30 and to repeat the regular process. so my wife, barbara, fortunately s. a school teacher. she looked at the website, looked at the dmv hours and saw that monday the photo i.d. is opened. so drove the 25 miles there and back only to find out that the dmv was closed. >> you drove 25 miles there and back and the dmv was closed...

Up along with the committee of 70. you know the committee of 70, chris. we're geared up here in philadelphia to address those concerns. the state put out a recent piece of material about how to get a free voter i.d. from the department of state if someone is faced with that kind of situation, so we just need to get social security card or your number? do you have proof of where you live? utility bill or something like that? and your birth date. if you can give that information oar to the penn d.o.t., department of transportation, fill tout necessary forms, verify that you don't have all of thi...

Of form of credential. >> my health card doesn't have my picture on it. would that qualify? >> no, no. you're going to have a problem. you may think that's enough and you'll do nothing between now and november if you live in pennsylvania. we'll get to you, chris, and we'll make sure that even though if we're knocking on your door and you say i'm fine. move to the next house. we'll ask you specifically why you think you have what you need. if you don't, we'll make sure that you do. >> just to be a good public interest show, the minute somebody looks in their wallet or their purse and looks arou...