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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2025 - 2026
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 2, 2024 10:42 AM |
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| From: | Representative Russ Diamond |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Repeal No-Excuse Mail-in Voting: Let the People Decide |
| In the near future I will be introducing a joint resolution to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to end no-excuse mail-in voting. Simply put, this constitutional amendment – if approved by voters – would revert our elections back to what they were prior to Act 77 of 2019 by mandating in-person voting, with the exception of absentee voting as already provided for in Article VII. I have heard from many constituents, as well as from citizens across Pennsylvania, regarding concerns with no excuse mail-in voting, drop boxes, and other complicated election operations required to enable no-excuse mail-in voting. Their concerns are that no-excuse mail-in voting has opened our elections up to too many opportunities for confusion and non-uniformity across the Commonwealth. Every election since the adoption of no-excuse mail-in voting has been riddled with legal battles over which votes should count and which votes should not count, eroding faith in the validity of our electoral process. Making in-person voting and the traditional absentee voting process the exclusive methods of voting in Pennsylvania can be achieved with a simple amendment to our constitution’s language. This joint resolution will simply allow the people to decide whether to end, or retain, no-excuse mail-in voting in Pennsylvania. Please join me in co-sponsoring this legislation to let the people decide. |
Memo Updated: December 2, 2024 10:43 AM