Baseless claims of election fraud by Donald Trump put Pennsylvania in the spotlight during the 2020 election. Before more ‘big lies’ materialize this campaign season, learn about the measures state officials take to protect democracy on Election Day.
Mail ballots are now available in 22 counties, giving Pennsylvania voters the opportunity to cast their vote early through the mail, in person at their county election office, or via drop box if available in their area.
In Pennsylvania, similar to most states, military voters and certain overseas civilian voters can also vote absentee in state and local elections.
The lawsuit accuses County Manager Romilda Crocamo of violating state election law and it claims her policy will "lead to irreparable harm to the voting rights" in Luzerne County.
Mail-in ballots are now available to voters in 17 Pennsylvania counties. Officials said that ballots should be available statewide sometime during the first week of October.
This evangelical Christian farmer from Butler County has been a registered Republican since he was 18. He's now leading the group Evangelicals for Harris....
Jaelynn Berry, a student at Marywood University in Scranton, told The Keystone that reproductive rights and women’s rights were two of her main issues in the upcoming election....
“I accepted that I couldn't have a baby naturally. I had options. I can’t ever imagine being in that position and not having that option because some politician decided to take it away.”
The ruling comes after election workers in the Republican-controlled county refused to tell voters whether their mail-in ballot would be counted in April’s primary election.
All election equipment used by Pennsylvania counties — ranging from ballot-marking devices used for some in-person voting to machines that tabulate mail and absentee ballots — is put through a pre-election stress test known as logic and accuracy testing. This is how it works.
