A Butler County Commissioner is speaking out in hopes of getting the state legislature to act on election reform.
Kevin Boozel serves as the president for the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, and he says the group is targeting two main areas.
“Two key items come into this, which is pre-canvassing [mail-in ballots], and we’re requesting 21 days to do that. But something would be better than nothing,” Boozel said. “The second one, is moving the request for mail-in ballots from seven days to 15 days. Because as we know the mail is a little slower than we like, and we want to see the votes count.”
Boozel added that the county had around 300 ballots that were not counted this past primary because they came in late.
He also said that the group wants to see the legislature move on these election reforms sooner rather than later.
“Act 77 which created mail-in ballots, and other issues that created a lot of concern was passed in 48 hours,” Boozel said. “It’s taken several months for them to pass new legislation that would allow us to do the things that we’re asking for. They’re pretty simple.”
County leaders say these decisions would make running elections easier in the future.
