Pennsylvania Senate Passes ‘One of the Strongest Integrity Bills' in the Country: Committee Chairman

The Pennsylvania Senate on June 25 passed a voting reform bill after it passed in the State House on June 22.

"This is a solid election reform bill, which simply ensures it is easier to vote and harder to cheat," the bill's primary sponsor, House State Government Committee Chairman Seth Grove, told Epoch Times.

"It is one of the strongest integrity bills in the entire country. I'm really proud of the work of the House State Government Committee on this legislation, all the hearings. We've had to provide the best election reform bill in the entire country that will modernize our system. And it is really great in ensuring that voters can trust the outcome of every election thereafter," Grove said.

One problem is that the current law doesn't require election directors to validate a voter's registration application to make sure the person can legally vote in Pennsylvania.

Grove is confident that voter ID will become law through a ballot proposal, because these ballot questions in Pennsylvania pass 80 percent of the time, and support for voter ID is high.

The Pennsylvania Senate passed a Voter Verification Constitutional Amendment, sponsored by state Senator Judy Ward Senate, which allows voters to decide if the Pennsylvania Constitution should be amended to require identification each time a voter casts a ballot.

Currently, Pennsylvania voters only need to provide an ID the first time they vote in person.

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