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Elections

Shown is a paper ballot during a demonstration of the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Jill Stein sues to reopen election security case in Pennsylvania

Issues flagged by election security experts when the settlement was reached a year ago figure prominently in the filing to reopen the case.

6 years ago

Sen. John Yudichak of Luzerne County speaks with members of the media at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Yudichak, who represents an area that shifted decisively to support Donald Trump in 2016’s presidential election is switching his registration to become an independent and will caucus with the Republican majority. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

3rd party wins promise to shake up Thanksgiving dinner table talk

This month’s off-year election in Pennsylvania was fascinating mainly because of all the new parties and political faces that showed up on the ballot … and won!

6 years ago

U.S. Senator Bob Casey at WHYY studios. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Casey urges Democratic candidates to blast Trump, not one another, on health care

The Pennsylvania senator says Democrats can use the issue to win in 2020, but only if they remind voters that Republicans are taking health care away.

6 years ago

The departure of Yudichak from the Democratic Party is changing the dynamics of next year's election, when Democrats had hoped to capture the chamber's majority, and it underscores rapidly shifting regional political allegiances in the presidential battleground state. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Democrat’s defection reverberates in Pennsylvania’s Senate

As Pennsylvania state senators filed through the corridor that leads out of the Senate chamber this week, John Yudichak turned down to an equally tight staircase.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania counties must have voting machines featuring voter-verifiable, individually audit-able paper ballots in place no later than the presidential primary April 28, 2020, as per the settlement to a lawsuit over the state's election system filed after the 2016 election. (Map by Tom Downing/WITF, database by Emily Previti/PA Post)
Politics & Policy

Last-minute bill amendment addresses scanner, privacy issues at Pa. polls

Republican Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill's amendment responds to problems in York County, which she represents, but would have statewide benefits.

6 years ago

Ambassador Gordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, center, appears before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Impeachment testimony analysis

We discuss the impeachment hearings, the testimony, what we learned, and what it means for the inquiry.

Air Date: November 22, 2019 10:00 am

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In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 photo, the stage for the Democratic presidential primary debate is shown before Wednesday's debate in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic primary debate: round five

We discuss the fifth democratic presidential primary debate, the candidates, the issues discussed and their performances.

Air Date: November 21, 2019 10:00 am

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Ten Democrats are debating in Atlanta on Wednesday, beginning at 9 p.m. ET. (Angela Hsieh/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Democratic debate: What you need to know about Wednesday’s face-off

The stakes are creeping higher as early primaries get nearer. Ten candidates will be on the stage in Atlanta beginning at 9 p.m. ET.

6 years ago

From left to right: Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Jeff Bezos (AP image)
Radio Times
Money

Should billionaires exist?

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are proposing raising taxes on the ultra-rich and prominent billionaires have been on the defensive about their wealth.

Air Date: November 19, 2019 10:00 am

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Jessica Scarane
Politics & Policy

Democrat Jessica Scarane challenging U.S. Sen. Chris Coons from the left

Democratic candidate Jessica Scarane says Sen. Chris Coons works too well with Republicans. She’s launched a 2020 primary campaign to unseat him.

6 years ago

In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2012, mail is deposited into an outdoor postal box (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Little-known N.J. council invalidates state’s expansive vote-by-mail law

N.J. voters who want to vote by mail will have to request a mail-in ballot every year.

6 years ago

State Rep. Martina White (Max Marin/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Pa. Rep. Martina White to become Philly’s first woman Republican party leader

The power shift comes amid a crushing election for GOP in a Democratic town.

6 years ago

Bill Cobb of Redeemed PA talking with Louis Benson about his right to vote in the Defender Association lobby on Sept. 29, 2016. (David Swanson/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law
PA Post

For Pa.’s returning citizens, getting into the voting booth can be an uphill battle

There is no database that logs if people who were once convicted of a felony register to vote or even if they do vote.

6 years ago

Pedestrians walk past a polling station on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

With straight-party voting gone in Pa., who will miss it most?

It was an option that hundreds of thousands of voters exercised for the last time in last week’s election.

6 years ago

(photo credit, Philadelphia Eagles)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 11/11/19

On today's Regional Roundup - Philadelphia councilmember Helen Gym, helping veterans transition after service, and sports stadiums create rooms for children with autism.

Air Date: November 11, 2019 10:00 am

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