By Sam Dorman Republicans have asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to intervene in the state’s Senate race, alleging that several counties are violating the court’s prior ruling by counting undated mail-in ballots. “Democrats in Pennsylvania are brazenly trying to break the law by attempting to count illegal ballots,” Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley said […]
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Voting Time Extended in Pennsylvania County After ‘Software Malfunction’
By Zachary Stieber Voting hours have been extended in Pennsylvania’s Cambria County after what officials described as a software problem disrupted the casting of ballots on Nov. 5. “The Cambria County Board of Election learned early this morning that a software malfunction in the County’s Electronic Voting System has prevented voters from scanning their ballots,” […]
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Whoever Wins This Pennsylvania County Is Expected to Win the White House
By Joseph Lord ERIE, Pa.—Thousands turned out to the Bayfront Convention Center on Sept. 29 to hear former President Donald Trump speak. Hundreds more gathered outside the convention center to watch his speech on a jumbo display, while nearby stands were set up to register voters, hawk mail-in ballots, and hand out Trump–Vance yard signs […]
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Pennsylvania Investigating Possible Fraudulent Voter Registration Forms, Top Election Official Says
By Jack Phillips Pennsylvania’s top election official confirmed his office is investigating potentially fraudulent voter registration applications after authorities in multiple counties reported the issue. Noting that the discovery of possibly fraudulent registrations are “absolutely” troubling, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt told local news outlet ABC27 Sunday that “Lancaster County … is doing […]
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‘Fraudulent’ Mail Ballot Request Forms Found in Another Pennsylvania County, District Attorney Says
By Jack Phillips Officials in Pennsylvania’s Monroe County announced this week that they discovered mail ballot request forms in the county that were found to be fraudulent. Monroe County District Attorney Mike Mancuso wrote on social media that after a regular review of mail-in ballot requests and voter registration request forms, the Monroe County Board […]
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Pennsylvania ABC Affiliate Station Apologizes for Airing ‘Test’ 2024 Election Results
By Jack Phillips A local ABC affiliate station in Pennsylvania apologized this week after “test results” for the Nov. 5 presidential election “mistakenly appeared” on Sunday during a broadcast. In a statement published on its website on Sunday, WNEP-TV said the numbers showed up on the channel’s broadcast of the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix […]
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Supreme Court Overturns Ruling on Pennsylvania Law Allowing People Between 18 and 21 to Carrying Guns
By Jack Phillips The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s ruling that had allowed residents in Pennsylvania between the ages of 18 and 21 to carry firearms in public during states of emergencies, telling a federal appeals court to reconsider the case. The Supreme Court did not explain its ruling, and there […]
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Pennsylvania Officer’s Bullet Stopped Trump Shooter’s Gunfire Before He Was Shot, Witness Says
By Jack Phillips A Butler County official who was a witness to the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania provided more details on Thursday about a local police officer’s actions that he believed stopped the would-be assassin. Edward Lenz, a commander with the Butler County Emergency Services Unit, said that his […]
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Pennsylvania County Must Update Voters on Mail-In Ballot Status
By Zachary Stieber A Pennsylvania county must inform voters if their mail-in ballots have been counted or rejected, a state appeals court ruled on Sept. 24. In a 2–1 ruling, Commonwealth Court judges said that a Washington County judge did not err when he decided in August that the county’s failure to notify voters that […]
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules to Disqualify Undated, Misdated Mail-In Ballots
By Tom Ozimek The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a decision on Sept. 13 that upholds a requirement in the key battleground state that voters must include accurate dates on the exterior envelopes of their mail-in ballots for the votes to be counted. The split 4–3 ruling vacates a previous Commonwealth Court decision that had halted […]
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After Injured Trump Arrived at Pennsylvania Hospital, ER Patients Prayed
By Beth Brelje With temperatures in the 90s, an ambulance was making round trips between the July 13 Pennsylvania Trump rally and the Butler Memorial Hospital. That is according to Karen Foerster, 53, who was among those overcome by the heat. She and her husband Rick Foerster, 56, attend most Trump rallies within a 100-mile […]
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ACLU Files Election Integrity Complaint Over Pennsylvania County’s Mail-in Voting Policy
By Beth Brelji A new legal case in Pennsylvania may revive the debate over the rules surrounding voters’ signatures on the envelopes of mail-in ballots. In Pennsylvania, voters casting mail-in ballots place their marked ballot in an envelope, which they are required by law to sign and date. That envelope is then placed in a […]
