The Bucks County Republican state senate candidate is stumbling toward the finish line as Election Day nears.
“I think this will embolden some of those counties to not count these ballots, even though I think the weight of authority is that they still have to,” noted Marc Elias, a lawyer and founder of the voting rights advocacy group Democracy Docket.
Despite the state Supreme Court consistently backing the right to offer ballot curing, the lack of explicit requirement for it in state law will mean local election officials in various parts of Pennsylvania this fall are unlikely to offer it.
The ACLU filed a complaint last week that lays bare the toxic, discriminatory environment for LGBTQ+ students in the district, thanks in part to Superintendent Lucabaugh and extremists on the school board.
The group, which claims to be about “parent rights,” has ties to the January 6 insurrection and Christian Nationalists. They also have a chapter in Bucks County.
About 1,200 supporters rallied at Bristol Lions Park Sunday to see John Fetterman, Ashley Ehasz, and other Democrats fire up voters as Election Day rapidly approaches.
The Democratic congressional candidate hits a home run by meeting personally with voters – a tradition long abandoned by the anti-choice Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick.
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Despite the Bucks County Courier Times editorial board’s bellyaching about Newtown Township’s pro-choice resolution, elected officials sharing the values of their constituents should never be discouraged.
In this critical moment in our nation’s history, state courts play an essential role in protecting our rights to vote, to express ourselves and to have access to clean air and pure water.
University of North Georgia’s Matthew Boedy spoke to the Bucks County Beacon about his new book, “The Seven Mountains Mandate,” and how Kirk was part of this movement seeking right-wing Christian dominion over government and society.
On this Democracy Day, I want us to remember: democracy isn’t just something we inherit, it’s something we build — one election, one conversation, one act of civic engagement at a time, writes Bob Harvie.
Because authoritarianism is most visible in hindsight, people often don’t recognize it until it’s too late.
When the truth is unthinkable, we lie to ourselves and one another, writes historian Dr. William Horne.
