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Senate votes to end drop boxes, outside money for elections

By Soapbox Group
April 15, 2022
  • Pennsylvania
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By: Mark Scolforo

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Drop boxes for depositing mail-in and absentee ballots would be banned and donations to run elections would no longer be permitted from groups outside government under bills approved Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Senate.

Senators voted 37-12, a potentially veto-proof margin, to prohibit the types of grants issued during the 2020 election. The vote against drop boxes was on party lines, 29-20. The bills were sent to the House, and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s spokeswoman said he opposes both measures.

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