Jan. 22, 2021
HARRISBURG – The House State Government Committee today met for a hearing with Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar and Deputy Secretary for Elections and Commissions Jonathan Marks. The committee discussed inconsistencies and misinterpretations of election guidance leading up to, and through, the 2020 General Election. State Rep. Sue Helm (R-Dauphin/Lebanon) issued the following statement regarding the hearing:
“The inconsistencies we saw in this past election threaten to jeopardize the integrity of future elections,” said Helm. “I look forward to addressing the issues examined during these hearings and working to restore the public’s trust.”
The committee has scheduled more than a dozen hearings in the coming weeks to examine various elements of the state’s election laws and practices. The topic of the next hearing, scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 28, will be the SURE (Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors) system and other election-related information technology.
All hearings are streamed live, and can be viewed later, at
PAHouseGOP.com.
For more information on Helm and her legislative priorities, please visit
RepHelm.com or
Facebook.com/RepHelm.