On October 31, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed SB 421, which eliminates the straight-ticket device and makes voting procedures easier. There are now only seven states with a straight-ticket device: Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah.
SB 421 also establishes early voting in Pennsylvania, via postal mail. There are now only eight states that don’t permit voters to vote before election day (unless they can’t get to the polls on election day): Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.
SB 421 also allows mailed absentee ballots to arrive as late as election day. Formerly they had to arrive on the Friday before election day.
SB 421 eases the deadline for individuals to register to vote, from 30 days before an election, to 15 days.
Where is that MODEL ELECTION LAW — with the various options ???
Ah yes, the Pennsylvania State Legislature. I remember Senator Mike Folmer. He was pretty active with ballot access/election reform bills …until he got caught with child porn on his phone.