Rare Roll-Call Vote on Endorsements

What was not reported in the media this weekend about the Pennsylvania Republican Party Winter meeting was the rare call for a roll-call vote on whether or not to endorse candidates almost four months before the Primary Election.

“The significance of a roll call is getting party members on the record with their individual votes. Ordinarily, there is a voice vote without identifying who is for and who is against the endorsement. I don’t believe there has been a roll call on this vote for at least 10 years or more,” said Lois Kaneshiki, president of the Blair County Republican Women, which unani...