Mastriano, PA's GOP candidate for governor, says he wants to make everyone re-register to vote

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Marc Levy
@timelywriter
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Jun 2, 2022
HARRISBURG, Pa. (@AP) _ Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania's Republican candidate for governor, says he wants to make everyone re-register to vote again. The concept flatly violates federal law, legal scholars say, and may conflict with state law and constitutional protections.

Marc Levy
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It is also a throwback to laws designed by white people in past eras to keep Black people or newer European immigrants from voting.

Via @AP:

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EXPLAINER: Can Pa. GOP candidate make voters re-register?
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania's Republican candidate for governor, is perhaps the state's most prominent peddler of former President Donald Trump's lie that widespread fraud...
11:24 AM · Jun 2, 2022

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-migration-government-and-politics-pennsylvania-1cd650ca481e29cac5eda21f401639cd

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s Republican candidate for governor, is perhaps the state’s most prominent peddler of former President Donald Trump’s lie that widespread fraud cost him the 2020 election.

A state senator and retired U.S. Army colonel, Mastriano says he wants to make everyone re-register if they want to vote again. The concept flatly violates federal law, legal scholars say, and may conflict with state law, not to mention constitutional protections. It is also a throwback to laws designed by white people in past eras to keep Black people or newer European immigrants from voting.

But Mastriano, who was present at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and was endorsed by Trump, is undeterred, discussing his plan for re-registration both before and after winning the Republican nomination for governor on May 17.

Pennsylvania is one of the few states where governors appoint a secretary of state who oversees elections. That means a Mastriano victory in November could make Pennsylvania — a premier presidential battleground state — a test case of whether laws meant to protect voter access to the polls can be undermined.

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[dalton99a]

1. Mastriano wants to be the Mussolini of Pennsylvania

DeSantis is already the Mussolini of Florida

[jimfields33]

4. As a precinct captain, I like an updated list.

I hate knocking on a door of someone who moved or died. The new people hate it too.

[NBachers]

2. Donate to Josh Shapiro, Democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, here:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/shapiro-for-pennsylvania-1

[Beaverhausen]

3. Good thing he won't be elected governor

Josh Shapiro will clean his clock. (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)

[GoCubsGo]

5. Yeah, I can't imagine even most Republicans are willing to

put up with this kind of garbage. They would also have to go through the hassle of re-registering, and I think this will run off more of them than it will attract.

[kimbutgar]

6. What about this old white peoples who don't drive anymore, watch a fox all day now they have

Re-register to vote?

I hope this blows up in his face with a major backlash!