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.
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
The nonpartisan voting rights organization wants everyone in the county to be registered, educated, engaged and active voters.
“The DOJ seems dead set on acquiring personal information on voters, including driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers and dates of birth — records that are highly protected under federal law and under state law and which state election officials are sworn to protect,” said David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research.
A Republican majority on the state Supreme Court would significantly change the balance of power in Harrisburg and make critical decisions on issues such as elections, redistricting, abortion, LGBTQ rights, environmental protection, and more.
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.
“The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” wrote Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
Twenty years into the program, millions of Americans still don’t have the right ID to board a plane. If similar dysfunction plays out in our elections, the stakes are much higher than a missed flight.
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.
“It’s no surprise that billionaires and corporate special interests who are funding a dark money group are thanking Brian Fitzpatrick,” said Bob Harvie, Bucks County Commissioner.
The 34th Annual Ukrainian folk festival on August 24, landing on Ukrainian Independence Day, will be honoring Bobby Pietrangelo of Hilltown and Corey Nawrocki of Lansdale, who both recently lost their lives fighting as soldiers for Ukraine.
“These are our neighbors, colleagues, parishioners, our students – the cruelty with which this is happening and the pace is unacceptable. And a lot of people feel that way,” said Bucks County’s Barbara Simmons.
He is also enlisting FBI, AFT, ICE, DEA, and U.S. Marshals Service agents to assist in his plans to purge the city of its homeless population and crack down on crime.
“When communities lose access to independent journalism, transparency erodes, civic engagement declines, and government becomes less accountable to the people it serves,” said Rabb.
