Stories tagged: "Amendment"


Signs point the way for voters to cast their ballots at the polling location for the Pennsylvania primary election, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Harmony, Pa., (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Candidates Elected in Pennsylvania This November Could Decide Fate of Abortion and Voting Rights Amendments

Six proposed constitutional amendments about abortion rights, voting, and the balance of executive power in the state government have the potential to make it on the primary ballot in May 2023.

Pennsylvania state House Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, D-Chester County, is sworn in Tuesday Jan. 1, 2019, at the Statehouse in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania state lawmakers are ready for the coming two-year session after being sworn in on New Year's Day. The House welcomed 42 new members and seven new senators took the oath of office on Tuesday after winning election in November. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Democratic State Lawmakers to Propose Constitutional Amendment Protecting Abortion Rights in PA

Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce a bill amending Pennsylvania's constitution to ensure the state doesn’t interfere with an individual’s reproductive rights.

Rep. Jim Gregory, R-Blair, speaks with members of the media after Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid's news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Degraffenreid discussed the results of an internal investigation into a bureaucratic blunder that scuttled a statewide voter referendum on whether to give victims of childhood sexual abuse a fresh opportunity to sue their abusers and complicit institutions. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Inspector General’s Report: No Intentional Act To Derail Sex-Abuse Amendment

Voters were supposed to be able to vote on an amendment this month, but a blunder by the Department of State kept it off the ballot.

In this May 12, 2021 file photo, Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at an event in Mechanicsburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
Pennsylvanians Back Amendments that Limit a Governor’s Powers

Pennsylvania voters appear to have approved two state constitutional amendments that will restrict a governor’s powers during statewide disasters.

In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar speaks during a news conference in Harrisburg, Pa. A proposed constitutional amendment allowing lawsuits for otherwise outdated child sexual abuse claims was not advertised as required, delaying the required voter referendum for at least two years. The Department of State issued a news release Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, calling it “simple human error” and apologized. As a result, Boockvar is leaving her job, and the inspector general will be looking into the matter. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Secretary of State to Leave After Agency Bungles Ballot Referendum for Child Sex Victims

Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar will leave her post after an error will delay a proposed Pennsylvania state constitutional amendment for two years.