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Abruptly Changes Voter Registration Form, Combines With Mail-In Ballot Application

RawNews1st August 27, 2022

Aug 27, 2022

RawNews1st/ Tech – Pennsylvania Abruptly Changes Voter Registration Form, Combines With Mail-In Ballot Application

“In the middle of the election cycle, the Pennsylvania Department of State has suddenly changed its voter registration application form to include a mail-in ballot application

The applications used to be on separate forms, but this seemingly small clerical change is creating logistical headaches for county election directors and causing voter confusion.

Registering to vote and seeking a mail-in ballot are two different actions requiring different responses in the county election offices

‘We use the voter registration application for one thing, we use a mail-in ballot application for something different,’ Christa Miller, Lancaster County’s election director.

Obviously, you have to be a voter in order to get a detailed ballot so that has to be processed first. Then your mail-in ballot application can be processed’…”