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| John Cusick |
Last year, in response to a lawsuit, Pennsylvania's Department of State directed all 67 counties to select new voting systems that include a voter verifiable paper trail, making post-election audits more accurate. They must be in place before the 2020 primary. Though the statewide cost of his change is estimated at $125 million to $150 million, the state has yet to provide any of the funding. The federal government has provided a $342,000 grant to Northampton County.
In May, Northampton County Council approved the $2.9 million purchase of a new touchscreen voting system with a voter-verified paper trail. County officials expect to have it in place for November's election.
Governor Tom Wolf has proposed giving counties $15 million a year for the next five years to help them make this purchase. Republicans in the land of midnight payraises, however, claim this is Wolf's problem, not theirs.
"This was a crisis that the governor created, and he needs to resolve it," said Senate Majority leader Jake Corman (R-Centre) in an interview with WITF. "I feel bad for the counties, because he put a huge unfunded mandate on the counties, but that's his responsibility."
In order to stick it to Wolf, Republicans in Harrisburg are perfectly willing to stick it to counties.
"We've acted in good faith, it's time for the legislature to do the same," said the Williams Township algebra teacher.
6 comments:
He gave a speech. How is this news?
NorCo is a blue county. Wolf is its guy by two landslides. If you thought you were electing something different, you're in denial. Live with him and the shit he dumps on you. He's your guy. You love him. And isn't fiscal conservative Cusick ther guy who wouldn't admit a fee was a tax last year? Maybe he should sit this one out.
So they made the purchase on a mandate without the money? If the State mandated it then don't buy till you have the money
it's called an unfunded Mandate, do you even read?
YOYOYOBO, heard your girl Zirinski suggested we give the voting machines back if we don't get state money. Is that true. Did she really suggest we not comply with the law and even return the new machines for a refund???
Something along those lines. She is not a stupid person. A few weeks before, she seemed aware that this is an unfounded mandate. My guess is she stumbled a bit.
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