A Pennsylvania Senate Government Committee invited a well-known opponent of voter fraud to testify at a hearing on a bill concerning election integrity and reform.
Proposed bill would develop a certification and poll worker training
program, and standardize rules about drop box security and mail-in
ballots.
The bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, is in response to a Senate Special Committee on election rules.
More-controversial voting topics, such as voter ID, have been left out.
"We want to be sure that any further changes to the election ... are clear so that we can implement them consistently and voters can ultimately have confidence in the election process," said Lisa Schaefer, executive director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania.
Phillips received widespread media attention when he claimed millions of votes were fraudulently cast in the 2016 presidential election, but declined to provide proof of his claim.
Phillips, along with Catherine Englebrecht of True the Vote, presented cellphone GPS data on people passing ballot drop boxes and talked of the potential for ballot harvesting and voter fraud.
Phillips suggested the General Assembly should adjust election laws as necessary to clean voter rolls, make vote "Harvesting" an illegal act, prohibit the mass mailing of ballots, not allow private funding for election needs, and increase penalties for election-related violations.
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