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Elections

Our Courts Deserve Balance, and So Do Our Families

Judicial candidates Linda Bobrin, Dawn DiDonato Burke, Amy Fitzpatrick, and Tiffany Thomas-Smith bring decades of combined experience across family law, land use, housing, public service, criminal prosecution, and courtroom advocacy.

Pennsylvania Democrats Pass Sweeping Election Overhaul Through the House

The measure includes in-person early voting and procedural updates for mail ballots that election officials have wanted for years. However, the exclusion of voter ID requirement makes its prospects in the GOP-controlled state Senate at best uncertain.

Pennsylvania Must Fight Back Against Trump’s Voting Attacks by Passing Landmark Legislation to Expand Ballot Access

Democrats in Harrisburg recently introduced a landmark voting rights bill, the Voting Rights Protection Act, which is designed to encourage public participation in our elections by reducing barriers that keep people from casting their ballots.

In Pittsburgh, Candidates Face High School Students as Part of National Effort to Engage Youth and Future Voters

The topics covered at a recent candidate forum at Perry Traditional Academy included an array of issues important to the teens: policing, school funding and youth involvement in their administrations.

Senator Ruben Gallego to Host Town Hall in Bucks County as Part of DNC’s ‘Fight to Save Medicaid’ Month of Action

Gallego travels to Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District and will be joined by Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, who is running against Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, “to engage the constituents Fitzpatrick is ignoring as he backs his party’s reckless budget resolution.”

Why Election Policy Is Still One of Harrisburg’s Thorniest Issues

There’s new consensus on voter ID in Pennsylvania. That doesn’t mean an election deal is coming.

US Justice Department Under President Trump Drops Lawsuit Accusing Pennsylvania City of Hazleton of Diluting Power of Hispanic Voters

It is the latest example of the DOJ dropping or withdrawing from a voting rights case begun under former President Joe Biden.

Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Votes for the SAVE Act, a ‘Dangerous Step Backward for Our Democracy’ 

This bill will disenfranchise millions of voters, especially rural voters, voters of color, and married women who have chosen to change their last names, as numerous nonpartisan organizations have pointed out. But for Fitzpatrick it just didn’t matter.

Legal Challenges to Trump’s Executive Order on Elections Rest on a Simple Premise: the Constitution

The first round of lawsuits all cite the plain text of Article 1, which gives the president no power to regulate elections.

Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie Announces Run to Unseat Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick in 2026

“The reason I win tough races is simple – I listen to people and I fight for them,” Harvie said.

How Democrats Can Win By Organizing from the County Up

In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive.

Pennsylvania Can’t Reject Improperly Dated Ballots, Federal Court Rules

The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech.

Democrats in Pennsylvania Senate Upset Took Inspiration from an Iowa Special Election Campaign

“I reached out to them and said we have to know how you did it,” Senator-elect James Malone’s campaign manager said.

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Appear Open to Cooperate on Election Reform

But advocates argue reforms ought to be focused on expanding the electorate and turnout, not making it more difficult to vote.

Bucks County Democrats Endorse County Row Candidates to Challenge GOP Incumbents

“At a time when the very foundations of our democracy are being challenged, it’s more important now than ever that we elect people who are dedicated to upholding the rule of law,” said Bucks County Democratic Committee Chair Steve Santarsiero.

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