5000 take advantage of new Pennsylvania online voter registration system in first week since launch: Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Secretary of State Pedro A. Cortés today announced that the state’s new online voter registration site has tallied nearly 5,000 applications since its launch less than a week ago. Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary Cortés announced the launch Thursday morning, Aug. 27, moments after the application site went live…