May Primary Ballot Question Seeks To Limit Gov. Wolf’s Disaster-Declaring Power
Express Newsletter Updates » May Primary Ballot Question Seeks To Limit Gov. Wolf’s Disaster-Declaring Power
April 26, 2021
The tensions between the General Assembly and the Governor over the use
of executive power is also reflected in ballot questions that will be before
voters in the May primary.
Key among those is a proposed constitution amendment
that would curtail an emergency disaster declaration by after Governor twenty
one days unless a joint resolution by the General Assembly is enacted to extend
it.
This reflects the well-publicized frustration
expressed by the legislature with the Governor’s shutdown orders and essential
worker designations during the COVID pandemic.
