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In Bucks County, Pa. Sen. Bob Casey and N.J. Sen. Cory Booker make final election push
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker traveled across the Delaware River to support his colleague, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, inside a packed firehouse in Warrington.
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This is how precincts in Pennsylvania handle unexpected issues on Election Day
The most common problems at precincts are late openings, lack of staffing and voting machine issues. Anyone can report a problem with the election process.
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How has the Electoral College survived, despite being perennially unpopular?
Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted it to be changed.
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Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. That’s highly unlikely
One reason why we are unlikely to know the winner quickly on election night is that GOP lawmakers in two key swing states have refused to change laws that delay the count.
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Thousands of Pennsylvania voters have had their mail ballot applications challenged
Mail ballot challenges by right-wing activists and a sitting Republican member of Pennsylvania’s state Senate are also raising concerns among many election observers.
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First-term City Councilman Arthur Barclay is accused of hitting a pedestrian while driving with a suspended driver’s license in 2023.
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N.J. and Pa. among best-represented states on Election Day, according to report
The states are among the top 10 that reflect the voter population of their electorates based on race, age and gender, says a report by the personal finance site WalletHub.
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Listen 1:08Why some conservative women are keeping their votes for Kamala Harris a secret
Democrats are reminding conservative women: votes are a secret and they can vote for who they want, including Vice President Harris.
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Trump vows to use local police to deport migrants. Could he do it?
Trump says he would use local law enforcement to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. But this tactic is unpopular with many sheriffs in border counties.
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Under lock and key: How ballots get from Pennsylvania precincts to election offices
Pennsylvania election officials take a variety of measures to secure ballots when they are transported from polling places to county facilities.
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Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge says
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner had called the sweepstakes a scam that violates state election law and asked that it be shut down.
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The race for the Senate: Here are the top races to watch
Republicans are favored to take control of the chamber thanks to a 2024 map of races that tilts disproportionately in the GOP’s favor. Here are the races to watch.
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How to avoid sharing election misinformation
As we’re waiting to learn the final results, it can be easy to be duped by false or misleading information.
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Trump and Harris are in Reading, Pa., today, thanks to a bad joke about Puerto Rico
The candidates are both spending time on the last day of the campaign in Reading — a majority-Latino city — where that bad joke about Puerto Rico has resonated.
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Harris and Trump set sights on Pennsylvania in final push before Election Day
The election is likely to be decided across seven states. Trump won Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin in 2016 only to see them flip to Biden in 2020.
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