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May 30, 2021
It's no secret — Pennsylvania elections aren't perfect, and proposals for change have been circulating in Harrisburg for months.
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During the May 18 primary, voting machines in Luzerne County mislabeled Republican ballots. Fayette County reported that some ballots were missing a barcode for scanning. York County precincts, among others, ran out of ballots.
But issues in Lancaster County — where 2,700 voters received mail-in ballots with incorrect return instructions, and at least 100 were sent ballots with someone else's name — prompted Sen. Ryan Aument, R-Lancaster, to announce plans for legislation that would suspend the use of no-excuse, mail-in ballots.
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The proposed suspension would be in effect until the spring of 2023 or until lawmakers "make the necessary adjustments" to improve voting.