Friday, June 19, 2020

PA NAACP Sues State for Changes to Election Law Before November Election


The Pennsylvania National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (PA-NAACP) Sued the State Thursday, June 18th, Demanding an Overhaul of the Electoral System before November.

PA-NAACP Claims the System in place for the June 2nd Primary was Not Equally Accessible and Disenfranchised Black and Hispanic Voters.

Among the Changes the Civil Rights Group seeks are:

- Stricter Limitations on how many Polling Places a County can Close.

- Better Notice of Changes to Locations.

- In-Person Early Voting.

- Automatic Sending of Mail Ballot Applications to All Voters.

- Universal use of Hand-Marked Paper Ballots at Polling Places.

To adapt to the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Primary, Voting Places were sharply Limited in Many Counties and Officials were Overwhelmed by Applications for Mail Ballots and Not Able to Process them Quickly.

The Changes the Group is seeking are Necessary, it said, because Most Epidemiologists Expect the Pandemic to continue in the fall.

On June 2nd, Voters who went to the Polls had to Risk their Lives and Health, while those who tried to Vote-by-Mail were Not always able to do so, the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference said.










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