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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

Members of the Wilmington firefighters' union came out in force for mayoral hopeful Velda Jones-Potter and other city candidates Tuesday. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Will Wilmington have a new mayor after today’s primary vote?

First-term incumbent Mayor Mike Purzycki is trying to fend off challenges from treasurer Velda Jones-Potter and former City Councilman Justen Wright.

5 years ago

(City of Philadelphia)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Got November election questions? Philly lawyers set up a hotline to answer them

Mark your calendar for two nights where you can ask anything you want to know.

5 years ago

Mail-in ballot
Politics & Policy

Mailed ballots can’t be discarded over signature, Pa. says

In Pa.'s June 2 primary election alone, when 1.5 million voted by mail, more than 26,000 of ballots were rejected, including for “signature-related errors."

5 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy

What you need to know about the top races on Primary Day in Delaware

It's Primary Day in Delaware. Republicans and Democrats will head to the polls if they haven't already mailed in their votes.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden departs after voting early in Delaware’s state primary election at the New Castle County Board of Elections office in Wilmington, Del., Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

Biden, flush with cash, boosts ad spending in battlegrounds

The aim is to get out his message of competent leadership, while pinning blame on Trump for a lost year, wracked by disease, unrest and economic hardship.

5 years ago

Jessica Scarane
Politics & Policy

Scarane burns up the phone lines, hoping to beat Del. veteran Coons

While Coons enjoys national spotlight, Scarane employs grassroots approach.

5 years ago

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The first open meeting of the Philadelphia Board of Elections since June 22 took place in front of four members of the public, in the loading dock of the new voting machine warehouse at 3500 Scotts Lane in East Falls. (YouTube)
Politics & Policy

Philly election officials said a contract barred them from releasing transcripts. It didn’t.

Philadelphia’s City Commissioners haven’t been releasing transcriptions of their meetings, saying a contract with their stenographer prevents it. Turns out, it doesn’t.

5 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin
Politics & Policy

Whistleblower’s claims on Russian interference fits pattern

Trump’s resistance to embracing the gravity of Russian interference may leave the U.S. vulnerable ahead of an election that officials say is again being targeted by Russia.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers take record before voters under new election rules

With less than two months to go, homebound voters may soon find candidates at their doorstep.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump
NPR
Politics & Policy

Twitter and Facebook flag Trump’s mail-in voting post for platform violations

The post encourages voters to go to their polling place in person to check that their mail-in ballot was counted, which election officials say is unnecessary.

5 years ago

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko go  for talks during Biden's visit  in Kiev, Ukraine,  Monday, Jan. 16, 2017.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Politics & Policy

Biden audio first shared by ‘Russian agent’ thrives online

The audio’s proliferation on social media shows how foreign operations aimed at influencing the U.S. election are still easily reaching Americans.

5 years ago

A closeup of Steven Mnuchin
Politics & Policy

Russian, Ukrainian lawmaker accused of election interference

The plot calls to mind the foreign influence in 2016 described by Robert Mueller, who charged Russian nationals with stirring up discord on divisive social issues.

5 years ago

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley (second from left) and others listen as President Trump speaks during a meeting with senior military leaders on Oct. 7, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump’s attacks put military In ‘presidential campaign minefield’

Eliot Cohen, a military expert at Johns Hopkins, could not recall such a character attack on top military leaders by a commander in chief.

5 years ago

Irene Huber joins others during a
NPR
Politics & Policy

Postal Service, under political spotlight, preps for surge in election mail

President Trump’s attacks on mail voting and changes by the postmaster general have undermined some confidence in the system — but experts say the USPS can handle the job.

5 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campaign event at a PennEnergy Resources site on Wednesday Sept. 9. 2020, in Freedom, Pa. (Keith Srakocic / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

At western Pa. gas drilling site, Pence talks jobs, repeats falsehoods on Biden’s fracking position

Vice president touts pre-pandemic economy in Beaver County, which has double-digit unemployment rate.

5 years ago

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