Pa. will provide postage-paid envelopes for mail-in and absentee ballots for November election

Pennlive ^ | 31 July A.D. 2020 | Deb Kiner

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The Pennsylvania Department of State announced today that it will provide postage-paid envelopes for mail-in and absentee ballots for the general election in November.

“Our goal is to make voting as accessible, safe, and easy for eligible voters as possible,” said Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar in a news release. “Mail-in or absentee voting with prepaid postage means Pennsylvanians can vote from the comfort of their own home, without having to make a trip to the post office to buy a stamp, during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Eligible voters can apply for mail-in or absentee ballots online or in person at county election offices and by paper forms.

According to the Department of State, “Once the county determines the voter is eligible, the Department’s funding will allow the counties to send a postage-paid ballot-return envelope with the ballot to the voter for their easy return.”

The state is working with counties to determine the easiest way to implement the pre-paid postage.

The general election will be on Nov. 3, 2020. For people who want to vote in person, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Last fall, Gov. Wolf signed a law that makes it possible to vote by mail without having to provide an excuse. According to the Department of State, almost 1.5 million Pa. residents voted by mail-in or absentee ballot in the primary.

For more information, go to http://www.votespa.com.

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Yeah - 45 cents is way to much to pay to vote....and sending 10s of 1000s prepaid envelopes that will end up in wastebaskets is a great way to treat the taxpayers of PA.
Those who drive to polling stations will pay more in gas - why not reimburse them too?

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It’ll take every Conservative, most independents and some dems to win this one. The fraud is going to be beyond huge. That’s what they’re counting on.