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Laws have been made governing voter registration and voter identification (voter ID) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Currently, only first-time voters are required to produce ID when voting in elections. A law passed in 2012 by the Pennsylvania State Legislature required all voters to produce ID.
The organization applauded the switch to automatic voter registration in 2023 in Pennsylvania, [3] and expressed concern that efforts to make voting more difficult endangers American democracy. [ 4 ] The organization registered over 20,000 voters ahead of the 2022 midterms, [ 5 ] and 40,000 voters as of May 1, 2024.
In Pennsylvania, your voter registration doesn’t have an official expiration date. But, you can be removed from the voter rolls under certain circumstances.
All U.S. states and territories, except North Dakota, require voter registration by eligible citizens before they can vote in federal, state and local elections. In North Dakota, cities in the state may register voters for city elections, [1] and in other cases voters must provide identification and proof of entitlement to vote at the polling place before being permitted to vote.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday that the state will now automatically register eligible Pennsylvanians to vote when they obtain or renew identification cards and driver licenses.
Pa. voter registration trends. There are currently more than 8.9 million registered voters in Pennsylvania, roughly 68% of the commonwealth’s Census-estimated 13 million residents.
ERIC member states and withdrawn states as of July 2024 [5]. The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is a nonprofit organization in the United States whose goal is to improve electoral integrity by helping states improve the accuracy of voter rolls, increase access to voter registration, reduce election costs, and increase efficiencies in elections.
Donald Trump has a familiar target in his sights: Pennsylvania’s voting rules. Now, the former Republican president is seizing on a decision by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to bypass the ...