A pair of decisions from the court combine to guarantee the state’s voters some recourse if they make a mistake on their ballot, such as a missing signature or date.
The judicial races have become more partisan following court battles over mail voting and redistricting.
After a conservative activist’s social media post suggested that they were up to something, the Pennsylvania nuns went public and ‘contested the falsehood immediately.’
New letter seeks a copy of the state’s voter rolls, and details on election officials’ survey responses. The scope of the request raises privacy issues.
Counties with traveling technicians can get problems at polling sites fixed quickly.
A similar move for mail ballots sharply cut the number that were disqualified over technical errors.
Several other states are also facing new scrutiny as the Trump administration refocuses election-law enforcement.
Proposals to give independent and unaffiliated voters a greater voice are popular, but they face tough odds in the legislature.
As part of a civics project, a group of citizens gather to discuss pre-canvassing, early voting, and ID requirements. Their deliberations could shape pending legislation.
Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city.
As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.
With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board’s Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
PEN America’s new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the United States.
When politicians order books off the shelves, they aren’t protecting kids—they’re silencing voices, narrowing choices, and undermining the very purpose of a public education, writes Darren Laustsen.
