Republican election bill pushed ahead over Dems objections
By MARK SCOLFORO article
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republicans on a legislative committee Tuesday pushed out a multifaceted proposal to revamp Pennsylvania election law, a bill that backers said would make needed improvements and standardize procedures.
Democrats were dead set against it, insisting that many of its purported upgrades were unworkable or would, in practice, make voting more difficult. The vote to advance it to the House floor was on party lines. Even the provisions that are supposed to increase access to the ballot box don t actually do that, said Rep. Margo Davidson of Delaware County, the ranking Democrat on the State Government Committee, asserting the legislation contained unfunded mandates all over the place.
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