Concerns of voter fraud drives hearing on Pennsylvania election rules bill
By Anthony Hennen | The Center Square
Mar 29, 2022
Third party re-publication by USACN May 30, 2024
(The Center Square) – A Senate State Government Committee invited a well-known
opponent of voter fraud to testify at a hearing on a bill concerning election integrity and
reform.
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SB878, sponsored by Sen. David Argall, R-Berks/Schuylkill, would develop a voluntary professional certification and poll worker training program, standardize rules about drop box security and mail-in ballot requirements, and set rules for pre-canvassing mail-in ballots, among other issues.
The bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, is in response to a Senate Special Committee on election rules.
“We plan on introducing a bill to implement some of the other recommendations that have broader bi-partisan support,” Argall said in a legislative memo
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More-controversial voting topics, such as voter ID, have been left out.
Election officials welcomed the proposed changes insofar as they are consistent and easy to understand.
“We want to be sure that any further changes to the election … are clear so that we can implement them consistently and voters can ultimately have confidence in the election process,” said Lisa Schaefer, executive director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania.
“We really do need further clarity in the law on counties’ authority to use drop boxes after questions were raised and litigated throughout 2020,” Schaefer said. But some questions on clarity remain, she noted, such as on identical requirements for polling places and drop boxes.
Also testifying was Gregg Phillips, who has testified in Wisconsin.
and other states raising the possibility of voter fraud in elections. Phillips received widespread media attention.
when he claimed millions of votes were fraudulently cast in the 2016 presidential election, but declined to provide proof of his claim.
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