Voter Registration Reform

Nationally, 92 million Americans eligible to vote did not do so in 2016 and the left-leaning Center for American Progress, based in Washington, D.C., said Pennsylvania could have 323,000 more voters “just by implementing automatic voter registration” and 116,000 additional voters by offering early voting.

Of the eight benchmarks used to measure states’ performance on voter turnout efforts, Pennsylvania met just two: online voter registration and restoration of voting rights after incarceration. Earlier this year, Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled his 21st century voting reform plan, which includes proposals for same-day voter registration, automatic voter registration and no-excuse absentee ballots.
Only 2% of those who didn’t vote cited registration problems as the reason.


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