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Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Prospects dim for critical election bill in Pennsylvania

County officials are still pushing for a change they say could ensure the vast majority of ballots are counted within hours of polls closing.

5 years ago

Voters line up at City Hall in Philadelphia
Elections
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Performers sought to ‘rock the line’ at Philly-area early voting and polling sites

“Rock the Line” is looking for performers of all stripes — including musicians, circus performers, comedians and dancers — to entertain waiting voters.

5 years ago

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

Monday is the last day to register to vote in Pennsylvania

If you want to cast a ballot in the commonwealth, there are several ways to register to vote. Here’s what you need to know.

5 years ago

A secure mail ballot drop box outside Eastern State Penitentiary
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Confused by the Pennsylvania ballot tracker? Here’s what we know

The online tool relies on a system that's two decades old, and some of the wording is unclear.

5 years ago

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is seen here campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden
NPR
National
Politics

Michigan Gov. Whitmer says Trump incites domestic terrorism

The day after chants of "lock her up!" erupted during President Trump's rally in Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer responded with a plea to turn down the political heat.

5 years ago

Nicole Flaherty, top, stands with her kids as her 7-year old daughter Madelyn places the ballot in the box in the Burlington County ballot box
Elections
New Jersey
Politics

More than 1 million voted so far in N.J.’s mail-in election

The turnout is a result of the state holding its first-ever mostly mail-in election, and election experts say it could be headed for 2008 levels of participation.

5 years ago

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

Philly celebs appearing in ‘Good Things Happen in Philadelphia’ GOTV event

The virtual effort will benefit Better Civics, a nonpartisan Philly organization focused on civic engagement and voter participation.

5 years ago

Harvard University graduate student Maya James poses in a park near the university, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Elections
Technology

Scammers seize on US election, but it’s not votes they want

American voters face an especially pivotal, polarized election this year, and scammers here and abroad are taking notice.

5 years ago

Black man standing on West Philadelphia face mask donning a face mask
Elections
Philadelphia

For Trump, city where ‘bad things happen’ looms large

Trump can’t change the basic political math in the state: one in eight registered voters live in Philadelphia, a city that delivers increasingly large Democratic margins.

5 years ago

Poll worker Chuck Kellander interacts with voters through a plexiglass screen at Belmont Hill Elementary School in Bensalem, Bucks County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Judge rejects GOP attempt to shut down early voting center in Delaware County

The voting center began operating Friday in Subaru Park in the Democratic city of Chester.

5 years ago

An 'I Voted' sticker appears on a bulletin board
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Map: 17 Philly satellite election offices and drop boxes for mail ballots

Voters can request a mail ballot through Oct. 27.

5 years ago

Signs reflect the sentiments of the crowd at Saturday's We Dissent women's march in Philadelphia. (Katie Meyer/WHYY)
Gender
Social Justice

A newly energized Women’s March returns to Philadelphia

Four years after Trump’s election and the first Women’s March, feminists are taking to the streets again to protest the Supreme Court’s rightward shift.

5 years ago

Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait in long lines outside the Kentucky Career Center in Frankfort for help with their unemployment claims on June 19. New research shows savings built up by the jobless are starting to run out.
NPR
Economy
Public Health

‘I’m Still Unemployed’: Millions In Dire Situation As Savings Start To Run Out

Many unemployed Americans tapped into their savings to pay bills. Those savings are going fast, and hopes for a new round of pandemic relief before the election are fading.

5 years ago

Kathy Jennings, Delaware’s Attorney General. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Policing
Social Justice

Delaware looks to N.J. for guidance on use-of-force reforms

A Delaware panel working to develop policing reforms following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor turns to N.J.’s Attorney General for advice.

5 years ago

Darryl Turner of Chester, Pa., stops at the pop-up voter service center at Subaru Park to drop off his mail-in ballot. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Delco teams up with Philadelphia Union to host voter center this weekend

The center gives Delaware County residents the opportunity to register to vote, as well as request and drop off early voting ballots.

5 years ago

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