EBENSBURG, April 15, 2025 – Saying Cambria County’s Election Day fiasco that prevented ballots from being electronically tabulated should not be repeated anywhere in Pennsylvania, state Rep. Frank Burns has crafted legislation to require standardized testing of voting machine equipment beforehand – using the actual ballots printed for that specific upcoming election. Using those ballots is not currently a requirement for any pre-election testing.
The changes promoted by Burns, D-Cambria, also would allow observers from the public to witness the testing – and would require the Department of State, which oversees elections in the Commonwealth, to post the certifications of accuracy on its public website.
“Current state law gives county election officials too much discretion on how and when testing is performed on voting machines. We need to bring greater standardization to pre-election preparations to ensure machines will function on Election Day,” Burns said.
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