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Elections

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Politics & Policy

House Democrats, Republicans clash over special election dates

GOP Speaker Mike Turzai scheduled the elections to be held less than a month before the primary. Democratic leaders think that’s needlessly confusing.

6 years ago

State Rep. Scott Conklin is seeking a Democratic nomination to run for the open state auditor general’s office in 2020. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmaker joins Democratic primary field for auditor general

A seven-term state lawmaker from central Pennsylvania said Monday that he will seek the Democratic nomination to run for the open state auditor general's office this year.

6 years ago

In this March 18, 2014 file photo, voters cast their ballots. (M. Spencer Green/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers advance bills to end ‘prison gerrymandering,’ offer online voter registration

New Jersey lawmakers advanced bills this week that aim to register more people to vote and change how the state draws legislative district maps.

6 years ago

Conor Lamb, center, then a Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, and former Vice President Joe Biden, right, pose for a selfie with a supporter during a rally at the Carpenter's Training Center in Collier, Pa., Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Citing unity, Lamb and Houlahan endorse Biden for president

The freshmen congressional members join a growing number of Pennsylvania politicians throwing support behind the former vice president.

6 years ago

Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz, and Michelle Kichline, took their official oath of office on January 2, 2020. (Chesco.org)
Politics & Policy

Taking on the minority-commissioner role in Bucks and Chester counties

Two Republican commissioners take their seats in Bucks and Chester county government, set to work with new Democratic majorities in former GOP strongholds.

6 years ago

Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro is the latest Democrat to drop out of the presidential race. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Julián Castro drops out of the Democratic presidential race

Castro released a video on Twitter Thursday, saying that his campaign had "stood up for the most vulnerable people" and had "given a voice to those who are often forgotten."

6 years ago

Dauphin County Commissioners George Hartwick, Jeff Haste and Mike Pries before voting 2-1 to negotiate a contract with Clear Ballot for new voting machines during a special session Monday in Harrisburg. Haste voted against it. (Emily Previti/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. counties make deadline for new voting systems, but still have to deal with election code changes

There are also two lawsuits pending over one machine picked by three jurisdictions that are home to about 17% of Pennsylvania's voters.

6 years ago

Jeff Martin easily defeated incumbent Kelly Yaede to be elected mayor of Hamilton Township, N.J.  He was first elected in 2017 as a member of the Township Council. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Hamilton mayor ready to take lead position in the New Year

In 2020, the town will have a new leader for the first time in eight years. Jeff Martin looks to improve the animal shelter and ensure safe drinking water.

6 years ago

Montgomery County voters will using a new voting system this year. Paper ballots will be filled out and then fed into a scanning machine where they will be read and stored. (Courtesy of Montgomery County)
Community
PA Post

Four questions Pa. needs to answer to avert election chaos in 2020

Pick an issue, any issue. Environmental health? Fiscal conservatism? Probation reform?

6 years ago

Community College of Philadelphia student Hanna Archibald, 20, learns how to use a new voting machine from Matthew McKeon of the City Commissioners Office. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

For 2020, Philadelphia hopes to build on 2018 record-breaking young voter turnout

The number of young voters showing up in Philly doubled from 2014 to 2018. Now, the city is looking to increase youth engagement even more ahead of the 2020 election.

6 years ago

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In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gestures while taking part at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Bloomberg axes N.J. company using prisoners for campaign calls

Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg cut ties with a contractor that used prisoners to make calls for his presidential campaign, he said in a statement Tuesday.

6 years ago

Maurice Boston, a freshman at Ben Franklin H.S., shows his support at a packed meeting discussing the closures of Ben Franklin and Science Leadership Academy high schools because of asbestos remediation at the school district building Monday morning. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Education

Regional roundup 12/23

Guests: Joe Hernandez, Kristen Graham On this week’s Regional Roundup; WHYY’s ...

Air Date: December 23, 2019 10:00 am

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The Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg
Courts & Law

Republicans’ judicial election amendment would make Pennsylvania an outlier

House Republicans have voted to elect appellate court judges in regional, partisan elections. Only two other states use similar methods.

6 years ago

Auditor General Eugene DePasquale speaks at a news conference in Harrisburg on Monday, November 25, 2019. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Pa. auditor, Department of State clash over voter roll issues

Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says he found thousands of discrepancies in a review of county registration records. But the department says he’s overstating the issue.

6 years ago

From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Politics & Policy

Watch live: Democratic presidential debate

The debate will feature Andrew Yang, former Vice President Joe Biden, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

6 years ago

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