Pennsylvania Closes Down Voter Registration on Night of Trump’s Return to Butler

The swing state of Pennsylvania’s voter registration system will be closed on the night of former President Donald Trump’s return rally in Butler, the site of the July 13 assassination attempt against him. 

The Republican nominee announced Sept. 25 that he is holding another rally in Butler on Oct. 5, just three months after a gunman shot the former president at a rally there, wounding him in the ear. 

“This website will undergo scheduled system maintenance and be unavailable Saturday, October 5th 10 p.m. until October 6th 4 a.m,” the Pennsylvania Voter Registration website says. “We thank you for your understanding.”

Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump are running neck-and-neck in Pennsylvania, with the vice president holding a one-point lead, according to a new poll.

When the poll includes likely voters who say they lean toward a candidate, Harris and Trump are in a deadlock with 49% each.

Butler County, the location of the rally, is historically a Republican stronghold.

At Saturday’s rally, Trump will honor the father and firefighter, Corey Comperatore, who was fatally shot at the July rally, as well as David Dutch and James Copenhaver, who were wounded by the assassin’s bullets that day. 

“President Donald J. Trump will return to Butler, Pennsylvania, to hold a rally on the very same ground where he came within a quarter of an inch of losing his life less than three months ago,” the Trump campaign statement said. 

The rally will take place on the same Butler Farm Show grounds where Thomas Matthew Crooks shot the former president in the ear 12 weeks earlier.

The Pennsylvania Department of State and the Trump campaign did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment.