Dush Seeks To Add Mental Competency, Re-Registration to Voter Prerequisites
Chair of Senate State Government Committee claims legislation will “enhance” election integrity
February 27, 2024
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Chair of Senate State Government Committee claims legislation will “enhance” election integrity
In another attempt to enhance “integrity” in the electoral process in Pennsylvania, state Sen. Cris Dush (R-Jefferson) hopes to introduce legislation that increases eligibility requirements for voter registration.
Dush, who serves as the chair of the Senate State Government Committee, was one of 26 Pennsylvania House Republicans who called for withdrawing certification of presidential electors. He has also sponsored bills proposing an amendment to the state Constitution to require additional election audits, as well as eliminating no-excuse mail voting.
Presently, to qualify as an elector in Pennsylvania, one must meet three basic conditions: at least 18 years of age, a U.S. citizen for at least one month, and lived within the Keystone State a minimum of 90 days and within your voting district for at least 30 of those.
Dush aims to add mental competency to the conditions, as well as what is called ‘exclusive registration.’
Pennsylvania has no voting competency laws on the books that could affect an individual’s right to vote. Election officials and poll workers, therefore, cannot question the ability of a voter with an intellectual disability, mental illness, brain injury, dementia, or other cognitive limits and certainly may not bar them from exercising their right to vote.
Dush’s legislation would bar those deemed mentally incompetent by courts from voting. The courts would notify election officials so they could cancel the voter’s registration.. Thirty-four states already have this provision in place.
He has also been a critic of the state’s involvement with the Electronic Registration and Information Center (ERIC) that was designed to help participating states in maintaining accurate voter rolls.
With that in mind, Dush also is calling for those moving to the state to ‘exclusively register’ or re-register with the Commonwealth, rather than states sharing information.
“Making voter registration contingent on revoking or disclaiming any prior registrations can help reduce duplicate registrations,” he said, claiming there were as many as 80,000 duplicate voter registrations in the state.
In another attempt to enhance “integrity” in the electoral process in Pennsylvania, state Sen. Cris Dush (R-Jefferson) hopes to introduce legislation that increases eligibility requirements for voter registration.
Dush, who serves as the chair of the Senate State Government Committee, was one of 26 Pennsylvania House Republicans who called for withdrawing certification of presidential electors. He has also sponsored bills proposing an amendment to the state Constitution to require additional election audits, as well as eliminating no-excuse mail voting.
Presently, to qualify as an elector in Pennsylvania, one must meet three basic conditions: at least 18 years of age, a U.S. citizen for at least one month, and lived within the Keystone State a minimum of 90 days and within your voting district for at least 30 of those.
Dush aims to add mental competency to the conditions, as well as what is called ‘exclusive registration.’
Pennsylvania has no voting competency laws on the books that could affect an individual’s right to vote. Election officials and poll workers, therefore, cannot question the ability of a voter with an intellectual disability, mental illness, brain injury, dementia, or other cognitive limits and certainly may not bar them from exercising their right to vote.
Dush’s legislation would bar those deemed mentally incompetent by courts from voting. The courts would notify election officials so they could cancel the voter’s registration.. Thirty-four states already have this provision in place.
He has also been a critic of the state’s involvement with the Electronic Registration and Information Center (ERIC) that was designed to help participating states in maintaining accurate voter rolls.
With that in mind, Dush also is calling for those moving to the state to ‘exclusively register’ or re-register with the Commonwealth, rather than states sharing information.
“Making voter registration contingent on revoking or disclaiming any prior registrations can help reduce duplicate registrations,” he said, claiming there were as many as 80,000 duplicate voter registrations in the state.
In another attempt to enhance “integrity” in the electoral process in Pennsylvania, state Sen. Cris Dush (R-Jefferson) hopes to introduce legislation that increases eligibility requirements for voter registration.
Dush, who serves as the chair of the Senate State Government Committee, was one of 26 Pennsylvania House Republicans who called for withdrawing certification of presidential electors. He has also sponsored bills proposing an amendment to the state Constitution to require additional election audits, as well as eliminating no-excuse mail voting.
Presently, to qualify as an elector in Pennsylvania, one must meet three basic conditions: at least 18 years of age, a U.S. citizen for at least one month, and lived within the Keystone State a minimum of 90 days and within your voting district for at least 30 of those.
Dush aims to add mental competency to the conditions, as well as what is called ‘exclusive registration.’
Pennsylvania has no voting competency laws on the books that could affect an individual’s right to vote. Election officials and poll workers, therefore, cannot question the ability of a voter with an intellectual disability, mental illness, brain injury, dementia, or other cognitive limits and certainly may not bar them from exercising their right to vote.
Dush’s legislation would bar those deemed mentally incompetent by courts from voting. The courts would notify election officials so they could cancel the voter’s registration.. Thirty-four states already have this provision in place.
He has also been a critic of the state’s involvement with the Electronic Registration and Information Center (ERIC) that was designed to help participating states in maintaining accurate voter rolls.
With that in mind, Dush also is calling for those moving to the state to ‘exclusively register’ or re-register with the Commonwealth, rather than states sharing information.
“Making voter registration contingent on revoking or disclaiming any prior registrations can help reduce duplicate registrations,” he said, claiming there were as many as 80,000 duplicate voter registrations in the state.
In another attempt to enhance “integrity” in the electoral process in Pennsylvania, state Sen. Cris Dush (R-Jefferson) hopes to introduce legislation that increases eligibility requirements for voter registration.
Dush, who serves as the chair of the Senate State Government Committee, was one of 26 Pennsylvania House Republicans who called for withdrawing certification of presidential electors. He has also sponsored bills proposing an amendment to the state Constitution to require additional election audits, as well as eliminating no-excuse mail voting.
Presently, to qualify as an elector in Pennsylvania, one must meet three basic conditions: at least 18 years of age, a U.S. citizen for at least one month, and lived within the Keystone State a minimum of 90 days and within your voting district for at least 30 of those.
Dush aims to add mental competency to the conditions, as well as what is called ‘exclusive registration.’
Pennsylvania has no voting competency laws on the books that could affect an individual’s right to vote. Election officials and poll workers, therefore, cannot question the ability of a voter with an intellectual disability, mental illness, brain injury, dementia, or other cognitive limits and certainly may not bar them from exercising their right to vote.
Dush’s legislation would bar those deemed mentally incompetent by courts from voting. The courts would notify election officials so they could cancel the voter’s registration.. Thirty-four states already have this provision in place.
He has also been a critic of the state’s involvement with the Electronic Registration and Information Center (ERIC) that was designed to help participating states in maintaining accurate voter rolls.
With that in mind, Dush also is calling for those moving to the state to ‘exclusively register’ or re-register with the Commonwealth, rather than states sharing information.
“Making voter registration contingent on revoking or disclaiming any prior registrations can help reduce duplicate registrations,” he said, claiming there were as many as 80,000 duplicate voter registrations in the state.
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