SG: Voting should be convenient and accessible for every eligible voter. One roadblock was the requirement for in person voting on a single day – we changed that with the adoption of no-excuse vote by mail. We need to expand the times, hours and ways people can vote. Not everyone lives near the county seat, so making sure we have dropboxes is important too.

SG: We are following efforts that would create more hurdles – taking away options (like drop-boxes) or making the voter registration deadline earlier, or changing the Voter ID requirements are also a concern. Pennsylvania already has a pretty strong Voter ID law, so eliminating types of ID that can be used creates more hurdles for people.

SG: We have gone to court to challenge voter ID requirements and are ready to defend voter access in many forms. Voters should also not be disenfranchised for making immaterial / minor/ technical errors when using a mail ballot. Forgetting to add a date on the outer envelop shouldn’t disqualify a vote. We know when the ballots are mailed to voters and they are time-stamped when they are received by the election office– so the voter adding the date doesn’t mean much.

Thanks so much for such thoughtful responses! I learned so much during the AMA