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Civil rights groups say if Facebook won’t act on election misinformation, they will

Facebook critics are banding together to monitor misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression on the social network because, they argue, it has fallen short.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden tours the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry in Manitowoc, Wis., Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Biden’s Scranton vs. Park Ave. appeal targets working class

It’s at once a demonstration of Biden’s personal contempt for Trump and the Democratic challenger’s pride in his own family history as mostly working-class Irish Catholics.

6 years ago

Clockwise from top left:  Larry D. Lambert Jr (Photo by Shannon Woodloe), Marie Pinkney (Photo by Imperial Photography), Madinah Wilson-Anton (Photo by Kai Jullian), Eric Morrison (Photo by G Rivera Fumero)
Politics & Policy

‘I was shocked’: Four newcomers beat Democratic incumbents in Delaware primary

There were some major upsets in Del.’s Democratic primary. Four candidates for the General Assembly surprised even themselves when they beat incumbents.

6 years ago

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Marvin and Linda Worthy have been fighting for racial justice for years in Chambersburg, Pa. They've been encouraged to see the protest movement of the summer garner significant attention locally.(Dani Fresh/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

The BLM movement found support in red, rural Pa. What will it mean for voting?

Protests happened across rural Pa., including Franklin County — elevating political fault lines and fractured alliances that have been lying beneath the surface.

6 years ago

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This May 26 photo shows an official Democratic primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Feds, in unusual statement, announce they’re investigating discarded ballots

Federal authorities working in Pa. say they were asked to look into the discovery of some mailed ballots described as thrown away, but many aspects of the story are unclear.

6 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

Democrats in Pa. scramble to limit number of ‘naked ballots’

Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots.

6 years ago

Visitors wait in line before a 2020 campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Dec. 10, 2019, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for WITF/PA Post)
Politics & Policy

Poll shows fewer than one third of Pennsylvania Republican voters will trust mail-in ballot results

The finding adds to concerns that the president and some Republicans are laying the groundwork to challenge the legitimacy of the election.

6 years ago

In this May 5, 2020, file photo, absentee ballots to be counted are moved at City Hall in Garden City, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Politics & Policy

Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears

On-time delivery across the country dipped substantially in the weeks after DeJoy took office in mid-June.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks in the White House briefing room
NPR
Politics & Policy

Republican leaders reject Trump hedging on transfer of power amid war over confidence

No votes have been counted in the election of 2020 but a battle already is raging over the integrity of the tally and the process that will follow.

6 years ago

A man drives a truck decorated with flags ahead of President Donald Trump's scheduled visit at Owens and Minor warehouse in Allentown, Pa., Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Battleground 2020: all eyes on Pennsylvania

Our latest installment of Battleground 2020 examines why Pennsylvania may decide the election, the legal challenges to voting, and if rural voters are still all in for Trump.

Air Date: September 24, 2020 10:00 am

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President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses

President Donald Trump is declining to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.

6 years ago

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons and challenger Lauren Witzke
Politics & Policy

Witzke, Coons tussle over Ginsburg, BLM in Delaware Senate debate

The first debate after the Delaware primary focused on replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Black Lives Matter and the QAnon conspiracy.

6 years ago

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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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 years ago

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