Susquehanna County’s 25,000 registered voters will be the first in Pennsylvania to use new voting machines this November.

Following new state guidelines released in spring, the state’s 67 counties had until the end of 2019 to implement paper record keeping voting machines. The guidelines were released in light of Russian interference in states’ voting infrastructure during the 2016 presidential election.

Pennsylvania voters have had three years to register to vote online — and over one million have taken advantage of it.

According to the Department of State, 1,092,407 people have used the state’s online portal to either file new voter registrations or update existing registrations. About 60 percent are newly registered, while 40 percent changed registrations.

On Tuesday morning, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale held a press conference where he announced that he is expanding his audit to help keep people’s votes safe and secure when it comes to voting in the commonwealth.

The announcement comes on the heels of the death of Atwon Rose Jr. who while unarmed was shot in the back by an East Pittsburgh police office. While Zappala is seeking a murder charge against the officer, a history of poor police-community relations has led up to Jenkins' announcement.

On Monday morning, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale stood with Secretary of State Robert Torres and Senators Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) and Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) to announce that he will be conducting an audit of the state's voter registration system to assess voting security before the 2020 elections.