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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2019 - 2020
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 3, 2019 03:14 PM |
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| From: | Representative Anthony M. DeLuca |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Early Voting |
| Over the last several years, early voting has become more common nationwide. According to the United States Election Project, more than 30 percent of the votes in the last two Presidential Elections have been cast by early voting. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia have passed early voting legislation; why hasn’t the Commonwealth? It is time for Pennsylvania to follow the majority of states and increase voting access for our constituents by allowing early voting. This new voting system permits early votes to be cast starting fifteen days before the election and ending the day before the election. Early voting would be permitted at early voting sites to be established by county boards of election. All county early voting sites would be required to have uniform hours and days of operation, and must be open at least eight hours on each weekday and a total of eight hours on weekends. County boards of election will be required to keep track of early voters to ensure they do not vote again at another early voting site or on Election Day. With this being said, I will re-introduce HB 946 of 2017 which provides for early voting in Pennsylvania. Please join me in expanding voting access to all Pennsylvania citizens by co-sponsoring this important legislation. |
Introduced as HB747