Pennsylvania
Bloomberg Quint: Long Lines, Delayed Mail Ballots Portend November Election Chaos
Scott Seeborg, Pennsylvania state director for All Voting Is Local, said that elections officials there mounted a “heroic effort” to process the 1.9 million requests for absentee ballots for the primaries, up from 107,000 in 2016. But many weren’t processed in time, leaving thousands of voters to receive their ballots late. Governor Tom Wolf extended the deadline to mail in ballots.
Business Insider: Special Edition June 6 and 7 “All Voting is Local” takes a look at the primary
Special Edition June 6 and 7 17 Scott Seeborg is the PA Director of “All Voting is Local” take a look at what the primary was like.
Mail-in voting delays in primary cause Pennsylvania to sound alarm about November
“We feel like officials are short of filling their obligations to democracy. Pennsylvania voters faced unnecessary hurdles to the ballot and returns election, and it's definitely laudable that Pennsylvania officials processed almost 2 million mail-in ballot applications,” Scott Seeborg, the Pennsylvania state director of All Voting is Local, said on a post-election call with reporters last week. “And at the same time, it's the responsibility of our officials to ensure that every eligible voter can safely cast the ballots that count.”
Business Insider: Long lines, missing mail-in ballots and confusion this week exposed the problems that could plague the November election
"While it is laudable that Pennsylvania officials processed almost 2 million mail-in ballot applications, they fell short fulfilling their obligations to democracy," Scott Seeborg, the Pennsylvania State Director of advocacy group All Voting is Local, said. "Pennsylvania voters faced unnecessary hurdles to the ballot at every turn in this primary election."
Voting Rights Leaders: Pennsylvania Officials Must Prepare Now for the November Election
PHILADELPHIA --Voting rights leaders urged Pennsylvania officials to carry out a series of election reforms now for the November election to avoid repeating the problems that occurred in Tuesday's primary.
All Voting is Local Statement on Pennsylvania’s Primary Obstacles
All Voting is Local State Director Scott Seeborg issued the following statement in response to Pennsylvania’s primary election, where voters in Black and Brown communities needlessly faced long lines and confusion at the polls because of last minute polling place closures, voting machines that didn’t work, a lack of ballot drop boxes, and a militarized police presence at or near some locations in Allegheny and Philadelphia counties: