Trump Camp, RNC Goes After PA's Use Of Drop Boxes For Mail-In Ballots

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-campaign-rnc-drop-boxes-pennsylvania


By Tierney Sneed
June 30, 2020 2:13 p.m.

A new lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee seeks to block the use of drop boxes for Pennsylvania voters to submit their mail-in ballots.

The lawsuit, announced Monday, alleges that by letting voters submit their mail ballots at locations other than at their county board of elections’ offices or through the mail, election officials ran afoul of state law. It also claims that the use of drop boxes in Pennsylvania’s primary amounted to a violation of the U.S. constitution.

“Upending our entire election process and undermining ballot security through unmonitored by-mail voting is the single greatest threat to free and fair elections,” the lawsuit claims.

Pennsylvania has been following the national best practices in how it employed drop boxes, according to Amber McReynolds, the CEO for the National Vote At Home Institute and Coalition. Her group has been advising local and state election officials on mail voting since the state passed 2019 legislation expanding the use of the mail balloting.
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Not every Pennsylvania county set up drop boxes for voters, but many did, particularly as concerns grew that voters weren’t receiving their ballots in time for them to be returned by mail.

Election officials in several other states also set up mail ballot drop boxes for their spring and summer primaries, during which absentee voting skyrocketed due to the pandemic. The use of drop boxes is also common in states that had widely-used absentee voting or mail-in voting operations prior to the pandemic, and some of those states require the use of drop boxes in a way that maximizes convenience for voters.

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission offers guidance on how to use drop boxes securely for absentee voting. The Commission advises elections officials to set one up for every 15,000–20,000 registered voters.

Pennsylvania has been following the national best practices in how it employed drop boxes, according to Amber McReynolds, the CEO for the National Vote At Home Institute and Coalition. Her group has been advising local and state election officials on mail voting since the state passed 2019 legislation expanding the use of the mail balloting.
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The lawsuit doc can be downloaded at above link

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1. Crazy thing is, everyone knows it's the Republicans who try to cheat mostly

Not to imply that Dems have never done dubious things, but one of my experiential dichotomies of politics is that if you’re lying or cheating, you’re probably a Republican, and if you would never dream of lying or cheating, you’re probably a Democrat.