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Facing Trump threats, Al Schmidt defended Pa.’s 2020 election as free, fair, and secure. He believes the same about 2024.
Al Schmidt’s life was arguably upended by Trump’s fury in 2020. Still, he had no qualms certifying Trump’s 2024 victory.
Pennsylvania calls off recount in U.S. Senate race after Casey concedes to McCormick
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey asked for the recount to be ended, the Pennsylvania Department of State told counties
Experience, better tech helped Pa. count mail ballots faster this year than in 2020
Workers still aren’t allowed to start processing ballots before Election Day, but changes in staffing and technology have helped them pick up the pace.
New challenges to Pa. voters’ mail ballot applications target overseas voters
Thousands of challenges have been filed in 14 counties, many by right-wing activists, trying to get ballots disqualified, falsely claiming Pennsylvanians living abroad aren’t eligible.
Group seeks to block mail ballots for hundreds of Pennsylvania voters based on flimsy USPS records
A coalition of voting rights groups is pushing back against the challenges, calling them a “malicious attempt” to disenfranchise voters.
Philadelphia aims to speed up mail ballot processing on Election Day with newer equipment
Many, if not most, counties should be able to complete counting on Election Day, but counting in a few of the larger counties could run into Wednesday or Thursday. That...
Pennsylvanians have the most trust in local election results, poll shows
Voting experts were encouraged by the poll’s finding that voter confidence is strongest at the county level, which is where elections are actually run in Pennsylvania.
Voting rights groups want Pa. Supreme Court to decide whether voters need to date mail ballots
Thousands of mail ballots are rejected each election for lacking a proper date.
Errors undermine tool designed to help Pennsylvanians find their election polling places
Misspelled and duplicate town names mean as many as 85,000 of the state’s 8.9 million voters may have trouble finding their polling place.
Donald Trump insists ‘bad things happen in Philadelphia.’ Here’s the real history.
Philadelphia’s reputation misrepresents the facts of past incidents, obscures the reality of how modern elections work, and draws from racist attitudes.