“Pennsylvania is at it again! The Radical Left Governor, Josh Shapiro, has just announced a switch to Automatic Voter Registration, a disaster for the Election of Republicans, including your favorite President, ME!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social postMonday. “This is a totally Unconstitutional Act, and must be met harshly by Republican Leadership in Washington and Pennsylvania. Likewise, the RNC, and Ronna McDaniel, must spend their time working on this, instead of meaningless Debates where I am up by more than 50 points.”
Shapiro announced last week that Pennsylvania will be rolling out automatic voter registration ahead of the 2024 election cycle. Eligible voters in the state will now be automatically opted in when renewing or receiving new ID cards and driver’s licenses.
Eligible voters previously needed to personally opt in to the process to register to vote.
Automatic voter registration is not a new practice — 23 other states already use it. Shapiro’s office noted that both Democratic-led and Republican-led states have made use of the practice, including West Virginia, Georgia and Delaware.