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Philadelphia City Commissioners Al Schmidt, right, and Lisa Deeley speak to the media as election workers process ballots for the general election, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

How ‘GOP rebel’ Al Schmidt became the voice of the 2020 Philly election — and Trump’s nemesis

A month after polls closed, the city commissioner and his staff are still being targeted with death threats.

5 years ago

Philadelphia police create a buffer between dueling rallies outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Despite barrage of losses in court, Trump camp plans more long-shot election appeals

Nearly a month after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.

5 years ago

FILE - Election workers, right, verify ballots as recount observers, left, watch during a Milwaukee hand recount of presidential votes at the Wisconsin Center, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Milwaukee. Wisconsin finished a partial recount of its presidential results on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 confirming Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state. Trump vowed to challenge the outcome in court. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Politics & Policy

Wisconsin confirms Joe Biden as winner following recount

Biden’s victory in battleground Wisconsin was confirmed Monday following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over Trump.

5 years ago

Dominion Voting Systems in Erie County, Pa.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. counties reported no major issues with Dominion voting machines, a target of Trump and his campaign

Trump won 86% of the Pa. counties that used Dominion devices, while state Republicans who are now echoing his distrust of the machines performed well in the election.

5 years ago

An election official pauses during the ballot recount
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden gains votes in recount of Milwaukee County requested by Trump

The results offer unwelcome news for Trump, who lost to Biden in Wisconsin by roughly 20,000 votes and lost the national popular vote by more than 6 million.

5 years ago

a canvas observer photographs Lehigh County provisional ballots as vote counting in the general election continues in Allentown, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election

The state's attorney general, Democrat Josh Shapiro, called the court's decision “another win for Democracy.”

5 years ago

Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler speak at a campaign event this month at a restaurant in Cumming, Ga. Both are competing in runoff elections in January that will determine which party controls the Senate. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Republican infighting threatens GOP chances in Georgia Senate runoffs

The GOP incumbents are baselessly casting doubt on the state's voting system. Some worry their words could depress voter turnout and cost the party two Senate seats.

5 years ago

In this Sept. 24, 2019 file photo students at Phoenix College gather to fill out voter registration forms on National Voter Registration Day on campus, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Community

To court Latinos, Democrats have to expand strategy in 2022

Although Latinos likely helped propel Biden to the presidency, it was a lesson in the limits of the party’s grip on an increasingly diverse segment of voters.

5 years ago

President Trump leaves the Diplomatic Room of the White House.
Politics & Policy

U.S. appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals echoed a string of other courts in finding the Trump campaign offered no evidence of any election fraud.

5 years ago

State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R., Franklin), one of the Senate’s most conservative members, was among the lawmakers who went to the White House, legislative sources said. Mastriano played a key role in organizing the Senate Majority Policy Committee hearing in Gettysburg. (Amanda Berg for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

President Trump invited Pa. lawmakers to the White House. Then everyone went silent.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday summoned Republican members of the Pennsylvania legislature to the White House after a GOP hearing in Gettysburg.

5 years ago

President Trump took questions for the first time since he lost the election to Joe Biden after he spoke to troops serving overseas on Thanksgiving. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump is in no mood to concede, but says will leave White House

On Thanksgiving, Trump ventured into the weeds of the allegations that the election was rigged — baseless claims of widespread fraud that courts have repeatedly rejected.

5 years ago

FILE- In this July 15, 2020, file photo Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., puts on a face mask as she walks with Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., right, at UPS Hapeville Airport Hub in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & Policy

In Georgia, Republicans juggle Biden win and Trump loyalties

Twin Georgia Senate runoffs have Republicans in a quandary.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden holds a face mask
NPR
Politics & Policy

President-elect Joe Biden hits 80 million votes in year of record turnout

The 2020 presidential election saw the most votes in U.S. history at 156 million and counting, and the highest participation rate since 1900.

5 years ago

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Giuliani v. Philadelphia: A recap of the former NYC mayor’s losing battle against Philly

From Four Seasons to “Eagles basketball,” five times the Trump campaign lawyer called out the city — and how that worked out for him.

5 years ago

Chester Country election worker Jessica McPherson inspects ballots
NPR
Politics & Policy

Expanded access to voting yielded huge turnout. Will states take it away?

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5 years ago

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