Pennsylvania’s Inter-Agency Election Preparedness and Security Workgroup and county officials from across the commonwealth participated in a tabletop exercise to train on hypothetical situations when environmental or weather-caused issues could potentially impact voting on election day.

“These trainings, which create realistic election-day scenarios to which officials must react, allow for vulnerability assessments, crisis planning and practice in teamwork,” Acting Secretary of State Robert Torres said. “They are invaluable in preparing us at all levels—local, state, and federal—or incidents like, in this case, environmental and weather challenges, such as those we experienced during the May primary election in Pennsylvania.”