Voter Registration Expert Presler Gives PA GOP Tips

Voter registration helps win elections.
This summer, the Pennsylvania Republican Party hopes to register 100,000 new Republican voters. To do that, the party is having a contest and invited voter registration guru Scott Presler to speak at its recent summer meeting.
“The Republican Party of Pennsylvania is proud to play a part in flipping the commonwealth red. Voter trends are shifting in our favor, and it is a priority for Chairman (Greg) Rothman and PAGOP to capitalize on this once-in-a-generation opportunity,” said Executive Director Eric Anderson. “This will be a team effort. The party set goals for each county, and is incentivizing our county parties to hit, or surpass, their goal. We encourage any Pennsylvanian interested in registering to vote to visit .”
Presler and his organization, Early Vote Action, worked to help reelect President Donald Trump, training volunteers to talk to potential voters, and asking them to register.
Presler brought that hands-on knowledge to the party’s summer meeting.
During the 2024 campaign, Presler moved from Virginia to western Pennsylvania to elect Trump. Trump won more than 120,000 votes in Pennsylvania, a swing state.
And the voter registration gains also led to the election of U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick and U.S. Reps. Scott Perry and Rob Bresnahan, Presler said.
He reached out to likely Republican voters, including people at gun shows, truck drivers, and the Amish. Pennsylvania’s 80,000 truckers are often not home for election day, so they should be encouraged to vote early or by mail. He also estimates there are 80,000 Amish in the state. The Amish, who he approached at farmers’ markets, get married on Tuesdays in November, so he also encouraged them to vote early or by mail.
Veterans are another Republican-leaning group, Presler said in his presentation. So, voters could be registered at VFW and American Legion posts, he said.
About 30 percent of Pennsylvania’s 930,000 hunters are not registered to vote, and deer hunting season runs through October and November. Hunters are another group who could vote early or by mail, said Presler.
One of the most effective ways to engage potential voters is through straw polls, he said.
In the 2024 campaign, he asked them if they think elected officials should have term limits, should Pennsylvanians have an ID to vote, and if they believe the border was secure.
“We’re very close to flipping several counties, including Erie, Dauphin, Monroe and Chester County,” said Presler. Bucks County has already flipped.
“The goal is to have achieved a plurality of registered Republicans in Pennsylvania by next November when we defeat Gov. Shapiro,” said Presler.
“We are 177,681 voters away from flipping Pennsylvania to a plurality of registered Republicans,” said Presler. “If you take out inactive voters, it’s closer to 93,500.”
Before campaigning against Shapiro in 2026, Presler is campaigning to get Republican voters to vote against retaining the three Democratic state Supreme Court justices whose names will be on the ballot.
If the voters vote against retaining Christine Donohue, David Wecht and Kevin M. Dougherty. New people will run for those seats if the justices are not retained, possibly flipping the court from its current 5-2 Democratic majority. And statewide judicial candidates Maria Battista and Matt Wolford will also be on the ballot in November.
To take part in the Republican voter registration contest, contact your county Republican headquarters.
“If you want safe streets, a secure border, and a robust economy, there is a home for you in the Republican Party,” said Anderson.