GOP lawmakers question automatic voter registration practices after Pa. Supreme Court decision

A five-month fight over the GOP primary in a Luzerne County state House district officially ended Monday, but the state Supreme Court decision that resolved the dispute has Republican lawmakers questioning Pennsylvania’s automatic voter registration practices.

In a case involving provisional ballots cast in the House primary, the Supreme Court this month raised concern about the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s lack of authority to change the voter registrations of people who transfer vehicle registrations to a new address.

In a letter to Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday, 65 members of the House Republican Caucus warned of widespread confusion as a result of the practice and urged PennDOT stop offering voter registration changes outside driver’s license and state ID updates or issuances.

The lawmakers also said the Department of State must contact every voter who changed their voter registration via interaction with PennDOT to ensure they meant to change their voter registration.



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