Pa. GOP advances election bill that would ban drop boxes, get mail-in ballots to voters earlier

[RandySF]

Update: The Pennsylvania House on Wednesday passed the bill 112-90 and sent it to the state Senate.

HARRISBURG — With just two months to go until Nov. 3, the Pennsylvania House on Tuesday advanced a voting reform bill championed by Republicans as an effort to ensure a secure election, and decried by Democrats as an attack on ballot access.

The legislation would give counties more time before Election Day to process mail ballots, a provision favored by both parties and Gov. Tom Wolf. But it would also effectively ban the use of satellite drop boxes, which have become a target of the Trump administration.

The state House will meet Wednesday to take a final vote on the bill and decide whether to send it to the state Senate. Leaders in the upper chamber have put forth their own proposal, which contains many of the same changes.

A spokesperson for Wolf said he “strongly opposes [the bill] as amended for a multitude of reasons, including the fact that the bill makes it harder, not easier, for citizens to vote.”

“He again calls for the legislature to act on a limited number of priorities to ensure that every vote will be counted, guarantee results will be known in a timely manner, and afford counties flexibility in staffing in-person polling locations,” the spokesperson, Lyndsay Kensinger, said.



https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2020/09/pa-election-reform-mail-ballots-voting-drop-boxes/

[SheltieLover]

1. So DeJoy's dystopian nightmare can dump ballots in parking lots?

Just like videos caught doing in LA with mail & packages?

[jaysunb]

2. Shameless nt

[SheltieLover]

3. I hope all voters are paying attention!

And that they realize it is repukes screwing them!

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Wolf will veto this and there aren't enough

R votes to override thanks to the results of the 2018 Dem state legislature election wins. The state senate did have a supermajority, but that's gone now.

[Thekaspervote]

5. Thx for the inside info..so many stories like this that the media never plays out..purposely!!

The doom keeps viewers tuned in!!