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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2025 - 2026 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: December 2, 2024 08:27 AM
From: Senator Sharif Street
To: All Senate members
Subject: Absentee Ballots and Voter Access for Incarcerated Individuals
 
The ability to vote for publicly elected officials is not a privilege but a civil right that undergirds our democracy.  
  
Some individuals, currently incarcerated in our state, have been barred from this key tenet of our democracy. Moreover, those who are eligible to vote are prevented from doing so as many county jails in Pennsylvania do not have a written policy regarding voting in jail, resulting in de facto disenfranchisement. This pervasive issue affects approximately 25,000 individuals at the county level.  
  
For this reason, I will be introducing two bills to promote voter access for individuals who are incarcerated. Although incarceration entails the loss of many rights, voting is an integral right that should be preserved. Please join me in ensuring that more Pennsylvanians have a voice in our government by co-sponsoring these essential bills, 



Introduced as SB192


Memo Updated: December 2, 2024 08:28 AM