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Elections
Billy Penn

What to do if you got a notice your PA mail ballot was canceled

Don’t fret — you still have options.

5 years ago

John Hansberry demonstrates an extraction machine at the city's mail-in ballot sorting and counting center
Elections
Pennsylvania

2.2 million mail or absentee ballots already returned in Pa.

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar says that number represents 73% of ballots requested. In 2016, just 266,208 civilians cast absentee ballots.

5 years ago

Mail-in ballots. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Harassment, anger, and misinformation plague Pa. county officials as they struggle to keep 2020 election on track

More than 3 million voters have applied for a mail ballot in the November election after the Pennsylvania legislature approved no-excuse mail-in voting last year.

5 years ago

Black Lives Matter protests fists in the air
NPR
Elections

Black and Latino voters flooded with disinformation in election’s final days

Hoaxes and misleading posts aimed at depressing turnout have spread online. Experts say it outpaces 2016, when Black voters were the target of Russian-backed disinformation.

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)
Radio Times
Elections
Gender
Pennsylvania

Battleground 2020: Western Pennsylvania and suburban women

We look at Trump's relationship with suburban women in the state and what the newest polls tell us about how western Pennsylvania will vote this election.

Air Date: October 30, 2020

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Cherie DeBrest, left, and daughter Naima are planning on working at the polls on Tuesday in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of Naima DeBrest)
NPR
Elections
Philadelphia

A mother and daughter join together as poll workers ‘to make a difference’

For StoryCorps, Cherie DeBrest tells her 18-year-old daughter, Naima, how civil rights issues inspired her to get more involved in the voting process.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania National Guard and police stand guard in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Military
National

An Election Day role for National Guard? Maybe, but limited

The Guard’s likely roles will be less visible — filling in as poll workers and providing cybersecurity expertise in monitoring potential intrusions into election systems.

5 years ago

Centre County dairy farmer Ron Reese says he's only been affected
Elections
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

As election nears, Pa. farmers — who see climate change effects up close — have a list of things they want from government leaders

For one, it’s less regulation and spending — but others say they want politicians to help the farming community meet the challenges of climate change.

5 years ago

(Tim Tai/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Trump threatened to withhold aid from Pa. as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations surge. Here’s what you need to know.

The comment "erodes trust" in the federal government’s obligation to help protect people regardless of politics, a national disaster expert said.

5 years ago

Woman with long reddish hair and a red shirt smiles by a scenic overlook
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Immigration
Pennsylvania

They want to vote, but legally can’t. The Pa. voices that won’t be heard

Due to age, immigration status, or lack of a permanent address, millions of Pennsylvanians whose lives will be shaped by the 2020 election cannot vote in it.

5 years ago

Common jams with the Snacktime Band outside the Liacouras Center, a surprise addition to the Cirque d'Vote entertainment for voters waiting in line there. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Elections
Eyes on the Street

Dear Millennial and Gen Z voters, your ballot matters

The Millennial and Gen Z voter bloc is poised to overtake Baby Boomers in power at the polls.

5 years ago

Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey (left) and Amy Kennedy
Elections
New Jersey

A party-flipper and a Kennedy: The buzzy race for N.J.’s 2nd Congressional District

Two years ago, Van Drew managed to win the seat as a conservative Democrat. Now he tries to defend it from Amy Kennedy as a Republican.

5 years ago

Listen 4:52
In this Oct. 13, 2020, photo, an envelope of a Pennsylvania official mail-in ballot for the 2020 general election in Marple Township, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Some Pa. counties to delay counting mail ballots

The nation could be kept waiting for a final tally from the commonwealth, a key swing state, in order to know who the next president will be.

5 years ago

In this March 22, 2019, file photo, Heather Randazzo, a grow employee at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary, trims leaves off marijuana plants in the company's grow house in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Business
New Jersey

NJ legal marijuana advocates beat rivals in fundraising

The campaign already ranks in the top 10 costliest ballot questions in state history, according to the state's Election Law Enforcement Commission.

5 years ago

(Bigstock/Rido81)
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania

Pa. bar owners to Wolf administration: ‘Let us do our jobs’

A group of York County restaurant owners said they've collectively lost eight months of their usual revenue due to restrictions intended to limit the spread of COVID-19.

5 years ago

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