Out-of-State PA Students' Registrations Turned Away by Local Elections Office [View all]

Out-of-state students at a Pennsylvania college who wanted to register to vote in the Commonwealth were turned away by their local elections office on Friday.

Students at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster had completed voter registration forms and given them to an organizational representative of the nonpartisan “F&M Votes” to deliver to the Lancaster County Elections Office.

The representative was told by Lisa Dart, deputy chief clerk/registrar for Lancaster County, that the registrations would not be accepted. Dart, a former Carbon County elections director, told the representative, who co-chairs the “F&M Votes” campaign on the college’s campus, that the registrations for those students previously registered would not be accepted until those students canceled their registration in their home state.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of State website, “if you moved from outside of PA to attend college in PA, you may register to vote in Pennsylvania if you meet the requirements listed above.”


https://www.politicspa.com/out-of-state-pa-students-registrations-turned-away-by-local-elections-office/139587/