By Marie Albiges
Harrisburg - The Pennsylvania House (click here) passed an election overhaul bill Tuesday that creates stricter voter ID requirements and early voting in 2025, despite opposition from most Democrats and a promised veto from Gov. Tom Wolf.
The state Senate is poised to take up the measure in the coming days, but Republican lawmakers in the chamber are charting a separate path that would advance the priorities of county election officials while putting stricter voter ID requirements on a future ballot.
The topic has emerged as a partisan sticking point in Harrisburg. Currently, only first-time voters and those casting ballots at a new polling precinct are required to show ID. Roughly three-quarters of respondents to a recent Franklin & Marshall College poll of Pennsylvania voters said they favor requiring all voters to show photo ID....
Harrisburg - The Pennsylvania House (click here) passed an election overhaul bill Tuesday that creates stricter voter ID requirements and early voting in 2025, despite opposition from most Democrats and a promised veto from Gov. Tom Wolf.
The state Senate is poised to take up the measure in the coming days, but Republican lawmakers in the chamber are charting a separate path that would advance the priorities of county election officials while putting stricter voter ID requirements on a future ballot.
The topic has emerged as a partisan sticking point in Harrisburg. Currently, only first-time voters and those casting ballots at a new polling precinct are required to show ID. Roughly three-quarters of respondents to a recent Franklin & Marshall College poll of Pennsylvania voters said they favor requiring all voters to show photo ID....
A rather interesting poll that finds far less confidence in state government post pandemic. There is more to a state government than just the Governor. I strongly suggest the Democrats take a close look at the moarning the American people are doing and who they believe is most responsible for it.
The poll finds that President Biden is doing a great job for the people. I believe he is liked and respected by the people of the country. He takes his responsibilities seriously, doesn't worry about the impression he makes on the press or those who would have him be deemed incompetent and gets it done. He is doing work the people have wanted for a long time, which only proves there are reasons people were unhappy with the government and it would seem not just the fedreal government.
The pandemic hurt the USA deeply. The death rate, the loss of jobs and income. They will remember who stood at their side and fought the losy virus and who didn't. There are a lot of people dead and they shouldn't be.
...Despite the lessening concerns about COVID (click here) and the increased vaccination rates,
Pennsylvania’s voters remain pessimistic. Only two in five (35%) state voters believes the state
is “headed in the right direction,” which is significantly lower than the recent, pre-pandemic high
of 57 percent reported in October 2019 and essentially unchanged since the March F&M Poll.
There is also no notable improvement in voters’ assessments of their personal finances.
These negative assessments about the direction of the state and personal finances likely
translate to lower job approval ratings for Governor Wolf. In July 2020, more than half (52%) of
the state’s registered voters rated the governor as doing an “excellent” or “good” job; today, his
positive job approval rating is at 39 percent. President Biden’s approval ratings have fared better
than Governor Wolf’s in Pennsylvania. About two in five (44%) voters in Pennsylvania believe
President Biden is doing an “excellent” or “good” job as president and his approval rating for
managing the coronavirus outbreak is higher (49%) than his overall job approval rating. Both of
these numbers are consistent with his March approval ratings....
