GOP state Senate leaders call on Pa. elections chief Boockvar to resign

By: Elizabeth Hardison - November 3, 2020 10:34 pm

In a 10 p.m. statement, Republican leaders in the Pennsylvania state Senate called for Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar’s resignation. They say the election guidance she’s issued to counties contradicts state law, as well as her own arguments in state and federal court.

Their first charge is that she changed instructions for counting postmarked mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.

Boockvar told counties last week to segregate them from other ballots and not count them until her office issued further instructions (which it did Sunday.)

— Elizabeth Hardison (@elizhardison) November 4, 2020

Senate pres Joe Scarnati and maj. leader Jake Corman say it's impossible in some counties to follow those instructions and count ballots while keeping them separate.

— Elizabeth Hardison (@elizhardison) November 4, 2020

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Elizabeth Hardison

Elizabeth Hardison covered education policy, election administration, criminal justice and legislative news for the Capital-Star from Jan. 2019-April 2021. You can find her on Twitter @ElizHardison.