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An early election ballot completion area at the North Park Ice Skating Rink Lodge area, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, in McCandless, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Elections

How Pa. prepares for Election Day: non-violent direct action training, volunteering and prayer

Election Day comes with concerns of voter intimidation, long lines at polling locations, and worries over who will be declared the winner.

5 years ago

Voters receive a sticker after voting at one of Philadelphia’s satellite election offices
Elections
Philadelphia

Philadelphia voters continue dropping off early ballots ahead of election day

Pa. officials have asked anyone who still has a mail ballot at this point to deliver it directly to their local county election officials by Tuesday at 8 p.m.

5 years ago

Voters can catch a free trolley ride to their polling location this Election Day
Elections
Philadelphia
Transportation

By bike, by car, by trolley: Free and discounted rides for Philly voters on Election Day

Ride-hailing companies, local nonprofits and union organizations are all pitching in to help voters get to their ballot drop boxes and polling sites on Tuesday.

5 years ago

Pennsylvanians (clockwise from top left) Melissa Durko, Marty Wilder, Jamari Davis, Mike Otto, Val Dejesus, Roy Staley, Gabriela Pedroza Sanchez, and Wyatt Schriver, share their hopes and frustrations about the presidential election. (WHYY photographers and provided photos)
The Why
Elections
Politics

Pa. voters speak

From Trumpers to those ridin' with Biden, we bring you views of voters in Pennsylvania, a state that could make or break the election.

Air Date: November 2, 2020

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President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. officials push back on Trump demand for quick election call

President Trump has baselessly claimed that officials shouldn’t continue to sort through ballots after election day.

5 years ago

Jean Gary drops off her ballot at City Hall
Elections
Philadelphia

Philly officials prepared for Election Day ‘shenanigans,’ promise safety at the polls

Prosecutors, elected officials and police stood outside a Philly recreation center to deliver one message: Anyone eligible to vote on Tuesday will be able to do so safely.

5 years ago

Voters line up at City Hall in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

Justice Department to dispatch election monitors to Philadelphia, other jurisdictions

Philadelphia is among 43 jurisdictions where DOJ staff will monitor voting on Election Day.

5 years ago

Envelopes containing ballots are shown at a voting center
Elections
National
Politics

6 key questions going into the 2020 presidential election

Key questions linger as the final votes are cast and counted in Tuesday's contest between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump arrives at his campaign rally
National
Politics
Public Health

Trump threatens to fire Fauci as COVID-19 cases surge

Trump expressed frustration that the surging cases of a virus that has killed more than 231,000 people in the United States remains in the news.

5 years ago

Residents are lined up to voted at City Hall in Philadelphia
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

Kenney, Deeley pen open letter to Philly voters: ‘Stay calm’

City leaders urge residents to remain patient ahead of Election Day amid increasing focus on the Philly region and Keystone State, as well as concerns over voter intimidation

5 years ago

Health care activists rally in front of the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Health Care
National
Public Health

Medicaid’s future hinges on who wins the White House

The Trump administration has given states ways to restrict spending on the government insurance program for low-income Americans. A Biden administration would expand Medicaid.

5 years ago

A sign points voters in the direction of a polling place
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

These are Philly’s 700+ polling places for the November 2020 election

That’s three times as many as the June primary.

5 years ago

Election workers, left, check in voters before they cast their ballots in the Pennsylvania primary in Philadelphia
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Thousands of volunteers to help Pa. voters, protect against intimidation on Election Day

The Pennsylvania Election Protection Coalition will station about 2,000 volunteers at polling sites to answer questions about election rules and to ensure every vote counts.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally at FDR Park
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

Biden works to boost Black turnout in ‘critical’ battleground Pa.

Biden’s Sunday swing through Philadelphia highlights increasing Democratic focus on the Keystone State.

5 years ago

The walls of a scorched antique shop stand on Skyway after a wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif.
Elections
Environment
National

US vote to shape how world warms as climate pact exit looms

The U.S. is out of the Paris climate agreement on Nov. 4. Experts say the outcome will determine to some degree just how hot and nasty the world will get in the future.

5 years ago

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