Rep. Jim Gregory, R-Blair County, shown here during a House session in March, is seeking support for legislation to repeal the no-excuse absentee ballot voting option that more than 2.2 voters used to participate in the November general election. He said his constituents tell him the inconsistencies and confusion surround this voting option has caused them to lose faith in the integrity of Pennsylvania's elections. March 24, 2020 File/Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com
A Republican state lawmaker is calling Pennsylvania’s introduction of no-excuse absentee voting option a failed experiment and wants to repeal it.
Blair County Rep. Jim Gregory issued a memo to his legislative colleagues asking their support for legislation to eliminate this newest voting method introduced this year in Pennsylvania that more than 2.2 million – or about a third of the 6.9 million voters who participated in the 2020 election – used to vote in last month’s election.
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