Shapiro’s ‘Voter Registration’ Change Just Another Photo Op

Originally published in The American Spectator

Earlier this month, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced, with great fanfare, that he is implementing “automatic voter registration” in the Keystone State.

As has been typical with Shapiro’s administration, the move is more bluster than bite.

Shapiro’s friends at the Washington Post were the first to gush over the new policy. Then, Shapiro embarked on a wide-ranging media blitz, complete with self-congratulatory social media posts that welcomed praise for “defending democracy.” Only later was the Pennsylvania Department of State’s election “stakeholders’ group,” on which I serve, notified via a forward of the press release. 

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