Overhaul of election laws finds bipartisan support in the battleground state of Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania has enacted an election law overhaul that allows for earlier mail-in voting and elimination of straight-party-ticket voting, and authorizes funding to subsidize the purchase of new voting machines capable of keeping anonymous paper records

The new legislation, which Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law on Thursday, allows for earlier mail-in voting, the elimination of straight-party-ticket voting and authorizes funding to subsidize the purchase of new voting machines capable of keeping anonymous paper records, among other reforms.In a statement, the governor's office said the overhaul constituted the most significant change to election law in more than 80 years.

— Governor Tom Wolf October 31, 2019 The state, which President Donald Trump won by fewer than 45,000 votes in 2016, is widely expected to be a key battleground state in the 2020 election. Read MoreThe reform bill passed both chambers of the Pennsylvania legislature this week with bipartisan support."We want to ensure we have the most integrity in the system as we possibly can," Mike Straub, spokesperson for the Pennsylvania House Republicans, told CNN Friday.

— Senator Jake Corman October 30, 2019 The elimination of straight party ticket voting -- the option to quickly mark a ballot along party lines -- was a win for Republicans, who had been pushing for such legislation. "Instead of voting for a team, we are supposed to be voting for individuals," Corman said Friday. Boscola, a Democrat, agreed."It's antiquated to even be thinking that way," Boscola said of straight-party voting.

 

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Hope they aren't Trump's machine now that his daughter got a patent from China

I must ask, is it Trump's plan to delay and to rob the bank all the way to the last minute, then purposefully leave the house with just enough time to let Pence pardon him before the newly elected President takes office?

11:40 ПП · 1 нояб. 2019 г.· /\\

Only hand marked paper ballots are not hackable. All other machines are.

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way to go PA!

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