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A poll of nonvoters shows there is little that would encourage them to vote — even campaigns haven't heavily invested in motivating this group. (Caroline Amenabar/NPR; Eric Ray/Flickr)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Poll: Despite record turnout, 80 million Americans didn’t vote. Here’s why

More Americans voted in 2020 than in any other presidential election in 120 years. About 67% of eligible voters cast ballots this year, but that still means a third did not.

1 month ago

More than 3.1 million people in Pennsylvania applied to vote by mail in November, and the state’s 67 counties processed every request, according to the Department of State. (Matt Smith for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Mailed ballots, tight deadlines caused a crunch for Pa. elections officials. Now, comes the reckoning

Voters could request a mail ballot just seven days before the Nov. 3 election, making it difficult for county offices to send them out and receive them back by the deadline.

1 month ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

‘Democracy prevailed’: Biden aims to unify divided nation

“If anyone didn’t know it before, we know it now. What beats deep in the hearts of the American people is this: Democracy,” Biden said.

1 month ago

Elector Marla Blunt-Carter sits in front of a mic while wearing a mask
Politics & Policy

Delaware electors beam with pride as they cast votes for Joe Biden

Even though the ballots signed Monday don’t play a deciding role in the outcome of the election, they are a point of pride for the three electors and voters in the state.

1 month ago

Jacqueline Strong waits in line to cast her vote at the C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center in Atlanta on the first day of early voting for the senate runoff Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.  (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Politics & Policy

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs

What could be the main event in Georgia's two U.S. Senate runoffs — early in-person voting — got underway Monday.

1 month ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at The Queen theater
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral college votes for Biden

Pennsylvania’s 20 electors have cast their votes for Joe Biden. This was expected — though some Republicans still want to circumvent the result.

1 month ago

President-elect Joe Biden
NPR
Politics & Policy

Electors across the country vote for president: What you need to know

Typically, the Electoral College vote is broadly overlooked. But because of President Trump's efforts to overturn the election, every step is being closely watched.

1 month ago

In this file photo from Dec. 19, 2016, elector Robert Gleason certifies the results during Pennsylvania's 58th Electoral College at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Electoral College vote a big step to move past election

The electors' ballots are sent to Congress, where they are to be read into the official record by Vice President Mike Pence during a joint session on Jan. 6.

2 months ago

'Four Seasons Total Landscaping and Fantasy Island Adult Books 2020' (wood, plaster, paint, metal, lights, lcd screen, media player, speakers, transformer) (Courtesy of Tracey Snelling)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

A diorama of Four Seasons Total Landscaping will sell for $15,000 in Berlin

Artist Tracey Snelling, who has never been to Philadelphia, specializes in multimedia sculpture.

2 months ago

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seen here alongside President Trump in Dallas in June, sued four states that Biden carried in the general election, claiming their changes to election procedures during the pandemic violated federal law. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Supreme Court shuts door on Trump election prospects

"Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections," the Court wrote.

2 months ago

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Thursday afternoon, Nov. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Courts & Law

Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.

2 months ago

President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania blasts Texas’ bid to overturn Biden’s election

The lawsuit from the Texas attorney general demands that the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin be invalidated.

2 months ago

(Robert Frank for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The 2020 election cost Pa. counties millions in OT, was most expensive ever, officials say

The pandemic and a new vote-by-mail system overwhelmed already overworked election offices, but some tapped federal pandemic stimulus money to help cover costs.

2 months ago

President Trump is trying to overturn the results of the election he lost to Joe Biden. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him join widely scorned Texas election lawsuit

Officials in the states targeted in the suit — Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — derided it as nothing more than an unfounded publicity stunt.

2 months ago

Obed Arango is originally from Mexico and has lived in Montgomery County for 15 years. He is the founder and executive director of the Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educación, which serves the large and growing Spanish-speaking community in Norristown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Tracing Montco’s decades-long shift from GOP stronghold to boon for Biden

Two big reasons stand out: Republicans lost many of their moderate voters here as the GOP crept rightward, and suburbs have further diversified.

2 months ago

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