Elections
Biden campaign finds 3rd virus link; Harris suspends travel
Harris was scheduled to travel Thursday to North Carolina for events encouraging voters to cast early ballots.
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Pennsylvania’s Second Lady / A history of contested elections
First, Gisele Baretto Fetterman discusses the racist incident she suffered that went viral. Then, we'll learn about previous examples of contested elections in the U.S.
Air Date: October 15, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:04Map: Philly to open more than 700 polling places for the November 2020 election
That’s nearly four times as many as were open for the June primary.
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Mailing your ballot in Philly? Follow the flowers
A get out the vote campaign dresses up postal boxes in Philadelphia with large-scale flower arrangements.
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Listen 1:41‘Fuel the Vote’: Philly restaurants team up to feed voters at satellite election offices
Chef Michael Solomonov and Stephen Starr are among the Philly restaurateurs working together to feed voters at the city’s satellite election offices on Thursday.
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‘I’m not included here’: People with disabilities face barriers to voting in Philly and beyond
If as many people with disabilities turned out to vote as those without, then the 2018 midterm election would’ve recorded a whopping 2.35 million more votes.
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Postal Service agrees to reverse service changes
The postal service agreed to reverse all changes, which included reduced retail hours, and removal of collection boxes and mail sorting machines.
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Accidental email told Montco voters their ballots were in the mail when they weren’t
County and state officials say an accidental email told voters ballots were on their way weeks too early.
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Will my ballot get counted? How the Supreme Court decision impacts voting in Pa.
A pair of GOP court challenges have had Pa. voters wondering whether their mail ballots will be counted. Here’s what you need to know.
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Election update: Senate races to watch
Will the GOP hold on to their majority in the US senate? A few months ago it looked like they would while today those results are less certain.
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Listen 17:00Election update: voter suppression
First up on Wednesday’s Radio Times, Marty will speak with Mother Jones reporter ...
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Listen 32:00The circular journey of one uncounted 2020 Pennsylvania mail ballot
Apparently it was dropped into the postal sorter backwards?
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Election update: voter suppression, and Senate races to watch
Marty talks with Mother Jone's Ari Berman about the ways access to voting is being suppressed, then we hear about the pivotal Senate races.
Air Date: October 14, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Carney’s GOP challenger says Delaware COVID-19 shutdown based on fear
Republican Julianne Murray said Delaware needs to step back from coronavirus fear in her challenge to incumbent Gov. John Carney.
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Listen 2:16Ballot applications from outside groups confuse some voters as deadline looms
While some of those groups have checked with the state to ensure accuracy of their mail-in applications, others have not, and it is not required that they do so.
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