Allegheny County will send mail-in ballot applications to all registered voters – By Julian Routh (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) / April 17 2020
Allegheny County will send mail-in ballot applications to every registered voter in the county who hasn’t already applied for one for this June’s primary election, officials announced Friday.
The county is currently “finalizing” the mailings, which will include an application and a postage-paid envelope addressed back to the county elections office, according to a written announcement.
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who earlier this week called on the governor to use his emergency powers to allow counties to send actual mail-in ballots to voters, said without that authority, officials are “moving forward” with sending the applications.
The move follows weeks of lawmakers and local officials encouraging Pennsylvanians to apply for mail-in ballots if they’re concerned about the viability of voting in-person on June 2 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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