The ambitious 149-page bill would change deadlines, early voting and mail-in ballot procedures and mandate IDs for all in-person voters.
Sen. Scott Martin, R-Lancaster, said he is forming an exploratory committee to run for the Republican nomination for governor in 2022.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Val Arkoosh visited Hazelwood Green to learn about Allegheny County’s infrastructure plans.
Rep. Seth Grove, R-York, who chairs the committee that handles election matters, said the chamber “will not be authorizing any further audits on any previous election.”
Philadelphia received about 1,300 ballots in the May primary without dates on their envelopes. They would be unlikely to change the results of any race.
The counties’ call for action comes amid a partisan stalemate over how to fix shortcomings or gray areas in Pennsylvania’s 2019 expansive mail-in voting law.
The sudden revolt torpedoed the sweeping measure known as Senate Bill 7, which would have reduced polling hours, empowered poll watchers and scaled back ways to vote in Texas.
