Former Republican Gov. Tom Ridge urges Pennsylvania to speed up mail vote counting
A former Republican governor of Pennsylvania on Wednesday called on that state’s Legislature to make a small change to how mail-in ballots are counted that could make a huge difference in how quickly election results are reported in November.
“We must take all steps possible to ensure that officials can still run secure and efficient elections. Any effort to the contrary only serves to discredit the outcome and the sanctity of our vote,” wrote Tom Ridge, who was Pennsylvania’s governor from 1995 to 2001.
Ridge, along with former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, sent an open letter to the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Legislature asking it to allow election clerks to prepare mail ballots for counting before Election Day.
State law currently prohibits officials from doing anything to expedite the process of counting mail ballots, and because demand for mail-in voting has surged due to concerns over COVID-19, that could delay the result in Pennsylvania — a crucial swing state — by many days.
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