![]() And if you’re not sure about your registration status, you can check here. This coming Monday is Pennsylvania’s voting registration deadline. Our collaborative effort also includes some friendly reminders: Our guide is online here, and it includes an interactive map I created along with Ben Pontz and WITF’s Tom Downing. ![]() And that’s why Katie Meyer of WHHY and I pulled together everything you need to know about what’s changing (or not) and why (or why not), and how to fully prepare to vote in this year’s primary. Another dozen or so made adjustments that, while modest, mean some voters will need to double-check polling locations. About 10 jurisdictions confirmed they’ll still use touchscreens as planned and require voters to use a cotton swab or stylus to enter their votes as a way to reduce direct contact with devices that could be used by hundreds (or even thousands) of voters.Īs of this week, five counties home to more than three million voters had finalized plans to drastically reduce in-person voting. Modest growth in voting by mail was expected before the pandemic because state law changed last fall to no longer require an excuse from voters when requesting a mail-in ballot.Īnd thanks to those election law changes, Pennsylvania voters were in store for even more election changes - new machines in most counties, and extended registration deadlines, for example - before COVID-19 prompted additional adjustments to the state’s election process.Ī handful of counties, home to half a million voters, made another major change recently, deciding to switch from touchscreen voting machines to scannable hand-marked paper ballots. Data: Emily Previti and Ben Pontz.)Īt last check, more than a million Pennsylvanians had applied to vote by mail in the June 2 primary - about a six-fold increase over the figure from four years ago.Īnd that number doesn’t account for the last-minute rush officials expect to see, given that there’s nearly two weeks remaining until the application deadline. Our interactive map is built to help voters answer questions about the state’s June 2 primary. Now, it’s time to find better ways to interact with you and ensure we meet your high standards of what a credible media organization should be. ![]() The days of journalism’s one-way street of simply producing stories for the public have long been over. ![]()
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