Pennsylvania expecting $14.1M in ‘election assistance’ grants from stimulus package

Pennsylvania is set to receive more than $14 million in grants from the federal government in the coming weeks to spend on the 2020 elections

Suzanne Almeida, interim director of the voting accessibility advocacy group Common Cause Pennsylvania, said she supports, “in principle,” the sending of mail-in ballot applications to all eligible voters in the state, but wants to make sure it’s accessible to all voters — including those with visual disabilities who would need to vote on a ballot marking device, for example.