A coalition of unlikely allies say that paper ballots will protect voters from disenfranchisement in the upcoming November election.
The bipartisan group — including Americans for Tax Reform, R Street, Public Citizen and National Election Defense Coalition (NEDC), among others — penned a letter to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar urging the leaders to spend federal dollars on security upgrades for November that would discourage the use of touch screen voting machines and ensure that the majority print out “voter-verified paper ballots” as a defense against computer malfunctions.
“This should not be a partisan fight,” said Ben Ptashnik, president of NEDC. “Insecure voting equipment and lack of preparedness only serves to disenfranchise voters of both parties.”