US EditionElection deal unlikely in PA despite voter ID consensus
- Pennsylvania lawmakers continue debating election reforms including voter ID expansion amid ongoing disagreements in 2025.
- The debate stems from decades of failed attempts to update Pennsylvania's outdated election law, intensified after baseless 2020 voter fraud claims.
- Democratic leaders, including House Speaker Joanna McClinton and Governor Josh Shapiro, show openness to voter ID expansion if it avoids disenfranchisement.
- Proposals include 20 acceptable ID types and voter affidavits supported by some Republicans and Democrats, while civil rights groups warn of potential disenfranchisement.
- The polarized legislature’s stalemate suggests any election reform will require bipartisan compromise balancing security with broad voter access.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Voter ID and vote-by-mail reform bills move to Pa. House
A sign directs voters to a ballot drop box outside the Chester County Government Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Capital-Star/Peter Hall)Pennsylvania lawmakers will consider a package of election reforms including a voter ID requirement and changes to the commonwealth’s vote-by-mail law after a House committee passed the long-debated measures. Most Democrats have staunchly opposed proposals requiring voters to prove their identities every time…
Why Election Policy Is Still One of Harrisburg’s Thorniest Issues - Bucks County Beacon
Written by Stephen Caruso, Spotlight PA, and Carter Walker, Votebeat This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. For two decades, disputes over voter identification have sunk attempts to rewrite Pennsylvania’s badly outdated election law. But in recent years, prominent Democrats have offered tentative support for stricter rules. In March, state House S…
Here’s why expanded voter ID, other elections reforms are hard to obtain in Pennsylvania
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Pennsylvania’s free newsletter here. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters.For two decades, disputes over voter identification…
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