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FILE - This May 26, 2020 file photo shows an Official Democratic General Primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope, for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren't put in the proper envelope.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Democrats in Pa. scramble to limit number of ‘naked ballots’

Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots.

5 years ago

Visitors wait in line before a 2020 campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Dec. 10, 2019, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for WITF/PA Post)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Poll shows fewer than one third of Pennsylvania Republican voters will trust mail-in ballot results

The finding adds to concerns that the president and some Republicans are laying the groundwork to challenge the legitimacy of the election.

5 years ago

In this May 5, 2020, file photo, absentee ballots to be counted are moved at City Hall in Garden City, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Elections
Government Accountability

Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears

On-time delivery across the country dipped substantially in the weeks after DeJoy took office in mid-June.

5 years ago

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, left, and Senate President Steve Sweeney
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Taxes
NJ Spotlight

N.J. lawmakers find millions for pet projects in budget that borrows billions, raises taxes

Among the various projects now in line to be funded by state taxpayers are golf programs, shade trees and town hall renovations — mostly in Democratic districts.

5 years ago

A man drives a truck decorated with flags ahead of President Donald Trump's scheduled visit at Owens and Minor warehouse in Allentown, Pa., Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Elections

Battleground 2020: all eyes on Pennsylvania

Our latest installment of Battleground 2020 examines why Pennsylvania may decide the election, the legal challenges to voting, and if rural voters are still all in for Trump.

Air Date: September 24, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
President Donald Trump
Elections
National
Politics

Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses

President Donald Trump is declining to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.

5 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Menendez proposes 9/11-style commission on COVID response

The commission, modeled after the one that investigated 9/11, will examine the federal response to COVID-19 and explore ways to better prepare in the future.

5 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Government Accountability

Democrats propose sweeping bill to curb presidential abuses

Each of the bill’s provisions is a response to actions by Trump or his administration that Democrats see as abuses of presidential power.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Law
Politics

The intense political fight to replace R.B.G.

Today we'll discuss the tremendous impact R.B.G.'s passing is having on our nation's politics and the institution of the Supreme Court.

Air Date: September 23, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:47
U.S. Sen. Chris Coons and challenger Lauren Witzke
Delaware
Elections
Politics

Witzke, Coons tussle over Ginsburg, BLM in Delaware Senate debate

The first debate after the Delaware primary focused on replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Black Lives Matter and the QAnon conspiracy.

5 years ago

Listen 1:59
(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. is poised to take an unusually restrictive approach to mail-in ballots

A recent state court ruling says Pennsylvania can’t count ballots mailed without a secrecy envelope. The decision makes the state an outlier nationally.

5 years ago

A person walks out of a polling station
Delaware
Elections

Your 2020 guide to voting in Delaware

After a record-setting turnout in the September primary, Delaware voters are expected to turn out in droves come November.

5 years ago

Michael Ochiori and his son
Elections
New Jersey

Your 2020 guide to voting in New Jersey

The general election will feel much like New Jersey's July primary. Here's what you need to know.

5 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Elections
National

House easily passes stopgap funding bill, averting shutdown

The stopgap measure will keep federal agencies fully up and running into December, giving lame-duck lawmakers time to digest the election.

5 years ago

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, tries to avoid reporters as he leaves the Senate Chamber following a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Elections
National

Senate GOP plans vote on Trump’s court pick before election

Democrats say it's too close to the election, and the winner of the presidency should name the new justice. But under GOP planning, the Senate could vote Oct. 29.

5 years ago

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