Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Ronna McDaniel quickly demonstrates that her view isn’t worth the cost - The Washington Post

Pennsylvania saw a surge in mail-in ballots partly because of the coronavirus pandemic, of course, as anyone who was a sentient adult before 2020 should recognize. But it is also because, in 2019 — before the pandemic — the Republican-led legislature in the state passed Act 77, a law expanding the ability of residents to vote absentee. 

As the election approached, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, responding to a lawsuit, released guidance that counties couldn't reject mail-in ballots on the basis of signature comparisons — a subjective and dubious means of validating ballots. In October 2020, the state Supreme Court upheld Boockvar's guidance, with two Republican justices joining the Democratic majority…


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