As PA Legislature Reconvenes, GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Rolling Back Voting Law Expansion

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The first voter at the Liacouras Center satellite election office, Priscilla Bennett, fills out her official mail-in ballot Sept. 29 during Philadelphia's opening of seven new "one-stop shop" voting locations.
Kimberly Paynter

Members of the Pennsylvania legislature will be back in session soon, and high on the agenda for Republicans is rolling back a major expansion of the state's voting laws. As WHYY's Katie Meyer reports, it's a move critics say is motivated at least in part by relentless pressure from President Donald Trump and constituents who support him.

(Original air-date: 1/1/21)

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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.