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venkersteell t1_iv5hq8x wrote

Elections are run by the 67 County boards of elections in Pennsylvania.

It is the county election board that decides whether the ballot requires postage or not.

When it comes down to it, it's a matter of whether the county has the budget and the election board wants to make voting easier.

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GrowingToBread OP t1_iv5w2wn wrote

Thanks. I always thought election rules were handled by state, not county.

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Jkg115 t1_iv6h1iy wrote

OP, I appreciate the way you responded thanking people for clarification. I am curious why you assumed there was a political /party based thing here. Minimum rules are at state level but counties ultimately run election, print ballots, and make decisions Including funding postage paid envelopes. It's a shame that the running of badic government responsibilities has been politicized so heavily. The people that work at county level are non political public employees trying to do thier very best to make sure ever citizen gets thier vote counted and has access to vote.

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Time-U-1 t1_iv81dn8 wrote

Some counties decided that they wouldn’t go to the effort to “cure” ballots and instead put your ballot in the trash because you didn’t hand write a date on it or sign it. There’s a reason some counties want every vote to count and some don’t.

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Eyesopen52 t1_iv7otys wrote

It has been made a big political issue because the republicans have made it so. How many times have you heard them, from Trump on down, that we shouldn’t be voting by mail ballots? Have you seen the kooks around the country dressed up in body armor open carrying guns to “watch” the ballot boxes? It’s freaking Crazy! So anyway I can understand his comment. I really feel bad for the county people who work so hard to do everything they can do to help people vote and the ones working the election who are being harassed for just doing their job.

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drxdrg08 t1_iv80v4a wrote

> I am curious why you assumed there was a political /party based thing here.

You don't watch MSNBC? Republicans are always scheming in all imaginable and unimaginable ways to suppress democrat voting.

Don't you remember how Louis DeJoy was purposefully removing mail sorting machines so mail ballots would not get delivered on time in the 2020 election?

The guy is still the postmaster general by the way. Biden must have forgotten what a supervillain that guy is and didn't replace him yet.

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VstromPa1973 t1_iv9nz5r wrote

Yeah, put down your political spin. The president can’t fire the postmaster general. It is not a cabinet position and has its own funding outside congressional appropriations.

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8Draw t1_iv6by2u wrote

What could possibly go wrong with that

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