After years fighting to repeal Act 77, the Republican Party is now embracing the controversial election law.
Adopted in 2019, the law allows any qualified voter the right to cast a mail-in ballot. It also allows drop boxes to be used for voting. The use of the drop boxes was challenged in court but was upheld.
“As a party, we need to embrace mail-in voting,” Clarion County Republican Chairman Rick Rathfon said at the party’s annual Legislative Breakfast at the Trinity Point Church on Friday.
“We had 67 percent of the Republican voters go to the polls last fall, but 6,000 did not.”
“The Democrats have done a better job with this,” he said. “I have to give them credit. We are playing catch-up.”
Speaking at the breakfast were Superior Court candidate Maria Battista, Commonwealth Court candidate Megan Martin, and Clarion County commissioner candidates Ted Tharan, Wayne Brosius, Brady Feicht and Kirke Wise. Also speaking were register and recorder candidates Rebekah Weckerly and Amy Winger.