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GOP Lawmakers Threaten Impeachment of Philly Commissioners Over Mail Ballots

Danya Henninger
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WHYY/Billy Penn

Philadelphia’s city commissioners say they’re unimpressed with a threat by top State House Republicans to impeach them over a recent decision to count undated mail ballots.

WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports Republicans sent a letter warning of their impeachment plans after the commissioners voted to count undated mail ballots from the primary election earlier last month.

(Original air-date: 5/31/21)

Katie Meyer is WHYY’s political reporter. She covers politics, policy, power, and elections at every level of government, with the goal of showing how it all affects people’s lives.