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Q&A with Matt Merriman-Preston about Voting by Mail in November’s Election
Earlier this year, I published two Q&A’s about the rapid changes to the Pennsylvania primary voting process, one with Kris Rust and one with Matt Merriman-Preston. In late July, I approached them about updating for the General Election.
Then Trump swooped down on the United States Post Office and tried to break it. He literally went postal. So while defending this one federal government institution enshrined in the Constitution (hey, the Founders!) became a priority to protect the integrity of the lection, I realized — we need to update.
I voted by mail in May. It was easy and having time made for me to make better informed decisions on the down ballot (delegates, judges, etc.) But I can’t lie — I was a little anxious that the Pennsylvania Department of Elections and the Allegheny County of Elections infrastructure would be able to handle it. I wasn’t actually worried about the post office.
Now, however, … (keep scrolling)
I went back to updating this content super quick. Laura and I both had requested ballots for November election when we applied for the Primary, but there was no sort of confirmation about that. So we applied again a few weeks ago. Now I’m worried that applying twice will be an issue.
