Allegheny County seeks all-mail election in Pennsylvania
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The top official in Pennsylvania’s second-most populous county is pushing for the authority from the state to conduct the June 2 primary election entirely by mail. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald on Monday said holding an in-person election in the midst of the coronavirus crisis would be a “disaster.” He wants Gov. Tom Wolf to expand the state’s emergency declaration to allow the move. Officials in a pair of suburban Philadelphia counties, Montgomery and Chester, are also backing the idea of an all-mail election. And Philadelphia is making preparations for it in case an all-mail election is ordered.