Plan to create election integrity commission sparks fierce debate in Pennsylvania House committee

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Plan to create election integrity commission sparks fierce debate in Pennsylvania House committee

Pennsylvania Republicans say they want to ensure that elections are conducted fairly by creating a new oversight entity. But Democrats are calling a resolution creating a commission to oversee the

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Pennsylvania Republicans say they want to ensure that elections are conducted fairly by creating a new oversight entity. But Democrats are calling a resolution creating a commission to oversee the Nov. 3 general election an effort to thwart democracy.

The Select Commission on Election Integrity would consist of five members appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives – three Republicans and two Democrats. The committee would have subpoena power.

The bill is a “fraud” and a “fatal blow to our democracy,” said Rep. Malcom Kenyatta, D-Philadelphia, during a meeting of the House State Government Committee.

“This, I guess we are calling it the Committee on Election Integrity, has no integrity,” Kenyatta said. “And what it would do is allow folks on this committee that are actively up for reelection to subpoena ballots, to subpoena elections officials during an election in which they are participating. Nothing about that screams integrity.”
The committee will do its work after the election, said Chairman Garth Everett, the resolution’s sponsor.
But that is not clear in the bill, Kenyatta responded.
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The PA Repubs are determined to corrupt & delay the popular in the upcoming Nov election.