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Committee reports omnibus Voting Rights Protection Act covering audits, drop boxes and election administration
Summary
House Bill 1396, the Voting Rights Protection Act, was reported out of the House State Government Committee. The omnibus bill would update provisions for ballot drop boxes, pre-election audits, electronic poll books, early voting and other election-administration matters; it received bipartisan praise and some concerns about timing and costs.
The House State Government Committee voted to report House Bill 1396 (Printers No. 1584), titled the Voting Rights Protection Act, an omnibus measure that would revise multiple parts of the Pennsylvania Election Code.
According to the summary read to the committee, the bill would establish or improve provisions related to ballot drop boxes, logic and accuracy testing of voting systems, pre-election ballot audits, electronic poll books, early in-person voting, absentee and mail-in…
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