Thread by @VABVOX

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Writing about the election in PA and noting how thousands of ballots were tossed from the June 2 PA primary due to missed deadlines or failure to sign. There're nearly 800k more registered Democrats in PA than GOP--but Dems have lost 136k voters & GOP have gained 165k.

Legally, mail-in ballots cannot be counted before Election Day. It took weeks for all the votes to be counted in the primary and there were far fewer votes than there will be for the general. Gov. Wolf and Sect of State Kathy Bookvar are hoping to overturn that this month.

But the PA state legislature is GOP-led.
Complicating factor: Philadelphia, the blue stronghold of the state with 1.1 registered voters, is among the cities hardest hit by the USPS, with more mail sorting machines removed than in any other city.

The entire state is red except for Philly & suburbs (which went red in 2016), Pittsburgh and parts of Allegheny and Lackawanna counties. Biden is up by 5 in PA right now, but Biden voters skew mail-in, Trump voters in-person. If PA ballots can't be counted before Election Day...

...We could reprise 2000. There are 11 other states that disallow counting mail-in ballots before election day, including Michigan and Wisconsin. As of now, mail-in votes Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Detroit are not reported until after in-person votes, sometimes days later.

All of this info is why you need local reporters like me.
If you support local news, please RT this thread 📌📌📌
And please--get your ballots early, turn them in immediately. vote.org