When you vote in person in Pennsylvania, you are given a ballot which you feed into a scanner. The ballot then drops into a container, and if a recount is necessary, the paper ballots are available. Suppose you make a mistake? Say you accidentally bubbled in both Biden and Trump on your ballot. The scanner kicks it back, and you are allowed to try again.
Now, suppose you voted by mail, but you forgot to sign the “secrecy” envelope. In some counties, the Registrar would call you and invite you to come in and sign the envelope. That was called “curing” the ballot.
Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature don’t like that. They think if you make a mistake, your ballot shouldn’t count, although I have yet to hear them complain about re-voting when people make mistakes on their in-person ballots.
This has nothing to do with “voter fraud” or “election integrity.” Republican legislators know that Democrats vote more by mail than Republicans. Anything that will depress mail-in ballots will benefit Republican candidates. That is what this is about.
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