Why is there no early voting in PA? This is surprising. Are there movements to allow early voting?

[RBInMaine]

We have early voting in Maine. Anyone can get a mail-in absentee ballot. You don't need a special reason. It's great.

PA is such a historic state. It's surprising to me.

[Motley13]

1. Here ya go

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/mike-turzai-voter-id_n_1625646.html

[RBInMaine]

4. You guys need to vote out the RePukes in that legislature.

[blue neen]

7. Extreme gerrymandering here.

We'd love to vote out a jerk like the contemptible Turzai. He's in a very safe Republican area.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Turzai might not be a safe as you think

Apparently Turzai inserted himself - or at least people in his district think he did - into a Walmart zoning issue and voters are mad about it. They could take it out on him at the polls since a Dem managed to win a write-in slot during the primary. Before that, Turzai was running unopposed.

Here's the story: http://www.post-gazette.com/early-returns/erstate/2016/05/22/Turzai-target-of-dissent-in-North-Hills/stories/201605200179

Another guy who is losing his grip on his safe Republican seat is the thoroughly reprehensible Darryl Metcalfe.

[blue neen]

10. Hmm. Interesting story!

It would be great to see Turzai lose. Metcalfe too!

[DeminPennswoods]

11. Metcalfe is a deplorable

This district would most probably remain Republican, but perhaps we'd get a more traditional Republican legislator.

[Freddie]

2. We've never had early voting

I never even heard of it til I started hanging around here.
Since our gerrymandered-to-death state legislature is extremely red, I highly doubt if anyone is even thinking about it.
One good thing, at least where I am (Philly burbs) on Election Day there's polling places everywhere - 3 in my little township alone - so I've never had to wait in a really long line to vote, even in presidential years.

[RBInMaine]

3. Thanks. You guys need to get control of that legislature.

[femmocrat]

5. That would make a great reform for Gov. Wolf to promote.

I recently read that 35 states have some form of early voting.

We also have a very rigid absentee ballot system.

We are one of two states that still has a state-store system for selling alcohol, so what do you expect! (Utah is the other one.) I can also remember "'blue laws" where stores were closed on Sundays as late as the late-1970s.