Counties have been ordered by the governor to buy new voting machines that create a verifiable paper trail in order to ensure the integrity of elections. Each machine could cost $25,000, and the deadline for their being in service is 2020. During her recent state budget hearing, Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of the Commonwealth, told senators that antiquated methodology for voting had to be addressed now. She says Pennsylvania is one of thir
teen states that votes electronically without reliance on a paper or other kind of back-up system to double-check ballots.