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Mary Gay Scanlon: “We were grateful that in 2019 a bipartisan effort between our Republican legislature and our Democratic Governor had…”

On the recordMarch 31, 2021
We were grateful that in 2019 a bipartisan effort between our Republican legislature and our Democratic Governor had expanded access to the ballot by allowing no excuse mail-in voting for the first time.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon discusses the bipartisan initiative to improve voting access in Pennsylvania before the pandemic.

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