The Partisan Split on Early Voting Is Sharpening in Pennsylvania

Competing bills in the state legislature reveal how the divide on voting is still changing the future of elections.

Pennsylvania Election 2024 Ballots
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From one chamber to the other in the Pennsylvania statehouse, you’ll find competing messages on how the battleground state should vote.

Democratic House Speaker Joanna McClinton, armed with a one-vote majority, introduced a bill Tuesday that would enact early in-person voting and same-day registration in future elections. Down the hall in the Republican-majority Senate, senators moved forward with a bill along party lines banning ballot drop boxes and satellite locations.

The senator behind that bill made it clear that eliminating all early voting is his final goal.