Pennsylvania’s Election Law Advisory Board has released an interim report making five recommendations for how the legislature can address grey areas in the state election code as it relates to mail-in voting.
In 2019, the Pennsylvania legislature passed Act 77, changing some of the rules in the state’s Election Code. Then in 2020, shortly before the presidential election, the code was amended to provide for temporary, emergency election procedures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since then, a flurry of lawsuits surrounding mail-in voting has raised questions about Pennsylvania’s election process.
The Election Law Advisory Board operates under the Joint Pennsylvania Government Commission, a non-partisan, bicameral research and policy development agency for the General Assembly….