[EL] The Failure of PA's Political "Leaders"

[Pildes, Rick]

With no better outlet for my anger at the unconscionable place PA's Democratic Governor and Republican Legislature have put the country, I went back and looked at how many times I wrote about the critical need for PA to change its law to permit election officials to start processing absentees before today.  The first piece is March 20th.  Last night was the final one.
I'm trying to avoid using the adjectives that keep coming to mind --
"Pennsylvania could be a center of chaos this election. It didn't have to be this way."<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/02/pennsylvania-could-be-center-chaos-this-election-it-didnt-have-be-this-way/> [Yesterday]
" PA: A Potentially Explosive Mix of the Worst Election Laws in A Potentially Decisive State"
"If we want results on election night, this is a reform both parties should support"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=116927>
"Possible Good News in PA<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=116844>" [Trying to Support Change]
"Counties are asking for a change to help them tally votes faster. But as election day nears, Pa.'s legislature hasn't acted on a bill to make that happen"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=116596>
"One Neat Trick that Could Save America from Vote-Counting Chaos"
PA Quote of the Day: "The General Assembly must give counties additional time before Election Day to begin the time consuming manual work" of preparing ballots to be counted."
"WSJ Supports Permitting Election Officials To Start Processing Absentees Before Election Day"
"Karl Rove on "What Could Go Wrong on Election Day"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=114804>
"States Must Adapt Their Absentee Ballot Process to Avoid What's Happening in New York Right Now"
"Accommodating a Massive Surge in Absentee Voting For the Presidential Election"
"Reducing One Source of a Potential Election Meltdown<https://www.lawfareblog.com/reducing-one-source-potential-election-meltdown>" (March 20, 2020)


Best,
Rick

Richard H. Pildes
Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law
NYU School of Law
40 Washington Square So.
NYC, NY 10014
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