Talks to update Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law show life

[RandySF]

HARRISBURG — Closed-door talks on updating Pennsylvania's fledgling mail-in voting law showed signs of life Wednesday amid warnings that doing nothing will risk a dragged-out vote count in the high-stakes presidential election in the battleground state.

House Republicans held an internal conference call to discuss the idea of giving counties four or five days to process mail-in ballots before Election Day and to set down security requirements for the drop boxes that some counties are using to help collect mail-in ballots.

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Leaders of the House and Senate Republican majorities declined interviews. Through a spokesperson, House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre, said the House Republican priority continues to be legislation that passed a month ago, nearly along party lines, and was met with a veto threat by Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat.


https://www.goerie.com/story/news/2020/10/08/talks-update-pennsylvanias-mail-voting-law-show-life/5922177002/

[jorgevlorgan]

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Some House Republicans said they are angry at being accused by Democrats in recent weeks of trying to suppress the vote — particularly in the Democratic bastion of Philadelphia — during debates over election-related legislation in recent weeks.

It's easy to not be accused of trying to suppress the vote when you DON'T suppress the vote!