Republicans Call for Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State to Resign

Republicans Call for Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State to Resign
An election worker is seen as mail-in ballots are counted in Chester County, Penn., Nov. 4, 2020. Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters
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Kathy Boockvar, the Democrat-appointed Secretary of State of Pennsylvania, was called to resign on Election Day by two Republican state Senate leaders over her last-minute changes to how ballots are handled in the state.

Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and Majority Leader Jake Corman, both Republican, called for Boockvar’s resignation in a statement on Nov. 3.