{"content":[{"text":"June 30, 2021","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.11697,"width":0.110133,"height":0.015152000000000013}},{"text":"Dear Members of the General Assembly:","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.200758,"width":0.324066,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"As Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth, I am pleased to report on the administration of voter \n registration in Pennsylvania for calendar year 2020. I trust you will find this information useful.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.228636,"width":0.768594,"height":0.035455000000000014}},{"text":"Voter registration in Pennsylvania is a joint effort between county and state officials. In 2020, the \n Department of State continued its partnership with the state’s 67 county election boards and voter \n registration commissions. In an extraordinary year, the Department supported counties in a variety of \n ways, including through voter education materials and through voter registration and mail ballot \n application forms available both in print and online in multiple languages. Our partnership with the \n counties resulted in record voter registration and engagement. The Department also collaborated with \n the state agencies designated under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to administer \n voter registration programs.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.27697,"width":0.8181400000000001,"height":0.157576}},{"text":"The Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors (SURE) system, implemented in Pennsylvania through Act 3 \n of 2002, is the bedrock of Pennsylvania’s voter registration system. As of December 31, 2020, there \n were approximately 9 million registered voters in Pennsylvania. In 2020, the department began its \n work to update the aging SURE system and is working closely with county officials to implement the \n system in time for the 2022 election cycle.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.447273,"width":0.818172,"height":0.09651500000000007}},{"text":"The Department remains committed to fulfilling its responsibilities under the NVRA and Pennsylvania’s \n Voter Registration Law. The Department will continue to promote voter registration and civic \n engagement through its outreach efforts across the Commonwealth.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.556515,"width":0.8178650000000001,"height":0.055910000000000126}},{"text":"If you have questions about this report, please contact the Bureau of Elections and Notaries at (717) \n 787-5280.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.625152,"width":0.7969250000000001,"height":0.035453999999999986}},{"text":"Sincerely,","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.673485,"width":0.07685300000000002,"height":0.015152000000000054}},{"text":"Veronica W Degraffenreid \n Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.729242,"width":0.313634,"height":0.035455000000000125}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}