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Pennsylvania Republicans make an opening bid for election changes: ‘We have a god-awful’ law

By Soapbox Group
May 14, 2021
  • Pennsylvania
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By: Jonathan Lai and Andrew Seidman

As Republican lawmakers across the country have moved to tighten voting laws after former President Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen election, Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled legislature has waited to act during months of hearings.

Now Republicans in Harrisburg are making their first moves, with the state House GOP releasing a report Monday that outlines a sweeping set of changes they hope to negotiate in time for next year’s elections, when open races for governor and U.S. Senate will be on the ballot.

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