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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg
Politics & Policy

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
Politics & Policy

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
Politics & Policy

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
Politics & Policy
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

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
Politics & Policy

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
Politics & Policy

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)
Politics & Policy

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
Politics & Policy

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)
Politics & Policy

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

Signs reflect the sentiments of the crowd at Saturday's We Dissent women's march in Philadelphia. (Katie Meyer/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

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

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)
Politics & Policy

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

FILE - This May 26, 2020 file photo shows an Official Democratic General Primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope, for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren't put in the proper envelope.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Politics & Policy

First batch of Pa. mail-in votes processing smoothly

Three weeks ahead of the 2020 Election, Pa.’s mail-in ballots are being processed smoothly, despite the state’s reluctance to allow pre-canvassing.

5 years ago

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Oct. 2, 2020: A mail-in ballot for the Nov. 3 election in a mailbox in Rutherford. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Politics & Policy

Advocates sue N.J. on behalf of ‘displaced’ voters without a ballot

The lawsuit asks Secretary of State Tahesha Way to help voters who are not currently living at their home address because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump wipes away sweat during an NBC News Town Hall, at Perez Art Museum Miami, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Biden outraises Trump $383M to $248M in September

President Donald Trump was outraised by Democrat Joe Biden in September and is being outgunned financially by his rival with just weeks to go until Election Day.

5 years ago

Alice and Len Sayles return their ballots in the drop box outside City Hall
Politics & Policy

Pa. says ‘overwhelming majority of ballots’ will be counted three days after Election Day

Pa. Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar said she expects the “overwhelming majority of ballots” to be tabulated three days after Election Day.

5 years ago

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