The Pennsylvania Republican party is like the child who, having killed his parents, seeks clemency because he is an orphan.
Counting mail-in ballots is labor intensive. They must be removed from the envelope, signatures verified, checked for completeness, and then loaded into the vote counting machine. That is why many states, like Florida and Colorado, allow early processing. Early processing is critical with the pandemic amplified mail-in ballot surge.
Eagerly getting into the sickbed with Trump, the Pennsylvania Republican controlled legislature has festered fears of fraudulent ballots, particularly those that are not counted on election day. They voted for an "election integrity committee" with broad powers.
To ensure the committee has ample opportunity to parlay paranoia, the GOP ensured that counting would take weeks. They blocked any and all proposals to allow early processing of ballots. Hopefully few voters will endorse adoption of this orphan party.
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