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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy

Pa. is poised to take an unusually restrictive approach to mail-in ballots

A recent state court ruling says Pennsylvania can’t count ballots mailed without a secrecy envelope. The decision makes the state an outlier nationally.

5 years ago

A person walks out of a polling station
Politics & Policy

Your 2020 guide to voting in Delaware

After a record-setting turnout in the September primary, Delaware voters are expected to turn out in droves come November.

5 years ago

Michael Ochiori and his son
Politics & Policy

Your 2020 guide to voting in New Jersey

The general election will feel much like New Jersey's July primary. Here's what you need to know.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaking to the press outside York Grace Brethren Church in York, on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Wolf was urging immediate legislative action on voting rules ahead of the presidential election Nov. 3. (Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Republicans ask top state court to suspend its own vote-by-mail order pending appeal to SCOTUS

Republicans in Pennsylvania say they’re working to file the SCOTUS petition as quickly as possible.

5 years ago

(Lauren Witzke for Delaware/Facebook)
Politics & Policy

Del. Senate candidate Witzke retweets support from group with ‘white nationalist’ ties

The GOP nominee would not address the supportive tweets by VDARE, whose website publishes writers its founder regards as “white nationalist.”

5 years ago

Voting stickers
Education

‘Invested in democracy’: Pa. high schools compete to register the most voters

With the general election less than six weeks away, city and state officials are encouraging young people to take an active role in the electoral process.

5 years ago

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, tries to avoid reporters as he leaves the Senate Chamber following a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Romney is one of four Republicans who could oppose a vote on a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prior to Election Day.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Romney OKs voting on court nominee, all but assures approval

"If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, I intend to vote based upon their qualifications,” Romney said.

5 years ago

A voter waits to be handed her ballot
NPR
Courts & Law

Step aside Election 2000: This year’s election may be the most litigated yet

In 2000, lawyers and election officials endlessly debated butterfly ballots and hanging chads. Now, the legal arguments are more complex and concern mail-in voting.

5 years ago

Ramón Diaz and Vicenta Ortiz Rivera
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Puerto Rican community in Pa. displaced by Hurricane Maria eager to vote in 2020

Three years after Hurricane Maria, Pennsylvanians displaced from Puerto Rico and now able to vote for president reflect on priorities for the 2020 election.

5 years ago

Listen 6:00
Voters wait in line outside a polling place in Philadelphia.
Politics & Policy

Your 2020 guide to voting in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is dealing with a huge mail-in voting spike, sluggish mail, a slew of lawsuits and mail-in-ballot laws that could change. Here’s what you need to know.

5 years ago

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, shown last month during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, is now under investigation by that committee. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

Longtime ally to Trump’s postal chief was paid by RNC

A Republican official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the details of Hauck's work said he was hired to help the party organize campaign events in North Carolina

5 years ago

Steven Dillingham, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, speaks outside the Oklahoma State Capitol, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Oklahoma City, encouraging people to fill out their census form before the end of the month. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Politics & Policy

Report: Order to shorten count wasn’t made by Census Bureau

“Senior officials at the Bureau, including the Director, did not know who ultimately made the decision to accelerate the Census schedule," the report said.

5 years ago

Box of absentee ballots waiting to be counted at the Albany County Board of Elections, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
Politics & Policy

NY judge: Postal service must process election mail in a timely manner

The written decision by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero came after several individuals, including candidates for public office, sued.

5 years ago

Anti-abortion demonstrators pray in front of the U.S. Supreme Court July 8, a day the court ruled that employers with religious objections can decline to provide contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. With the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the ACA's future is in doubt.
NPR
Courts & Law

The future of the Affordable Care Act in a Supreme Court without Ginsburg

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes just as SCOTUS was about to hear a case challenging the ACA. It could end Medicaid expansion and protections for preexisting conditions.

5 years ago

Protesters Demonstrate Against Sen. Mitch McConnell In Wake Of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death
NPR
Politics & Policy

Washington politics could be about to enter a ‘post-apocalyptic’ phase

As if 2020 couldn't get any more politically contentious, a fight is underway over a SCOTUS vacancy — just 43 days until Election Day, and as Americans are already voting.

5 years ago

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