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With early voting underway in Pennsylvania, counties are opening additional election offices
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.
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How Eugene DePasquale, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, helped clear 90% of PA’s untested rape kits
Eugene DePasquale, the Democratic nominee for PA’s Attorney General, cleared Pennsylvania’s backlogged rape kits by more than 90% when he has Auditor General. DePasquale said he has a proven track record in conducting statewide investigations and work with victims and survivors, and that he will bring those skills into the AG’s office.
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Pennsylvania’s richest billionaire trying to buy the Attorney General’s seat in PA
Jeffrey Yass has spent more than $5 million dollars trying to influence the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s race. Yass is worth over $49 billion and is spending his money on TV ads and mailers supporting Dave Sunday.
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Republican police sergeant calls out Dave Sunday’s failures in sexual abuse cases
Eugene DePasquale released an ad highlighting Dave Sunday’s failure to protect survivors of sexual abuse. While serving as Auditor General, DePasquale reduced the state’s rape kit backlog by 90% in three years.
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How are Pennsylvania’s voting machines tested ahead of Election Day?
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.
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Polish Pennsylvanians endorse Kamala Harris over Putin, Ukraine concerns
Leaders of Pennsylvania’s Polish community endorsed Kamala Harris following her debate shoutout. There are 800,000 Polish-Americans in the commonwealth, which Democrats won by 80,000 votes in 2020.
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Rob Mercuri tries to hide his anti-abortion record, again
Rob Mercuri promised that he will not support a federal abortion ban in a recent ad, but while serving in the Pennsylvania House, he supported a six-week abortion ban and voted for a constitutional amendment banning the right to an abortion.
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Pennsylvania mail ballots may not start going out in some counties until early October
Following some confusion over a state law requiring counties to begin processing voters’ applications for mail ballots 50 days before an election, state officials announced Wednesday that counties are still in the process of preparing mail ballots for voters.
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Kamala Harris hammers Donald Trump in first trip back to Pennsylvania following debate
Kamala Harris returned to Pennsylvania on Friday following this week’s strong debate performance and hammered Donald Trump on reproductive rights and stripping healthcare from millions of Americans.
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Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules
Commonwealth Court two weeks ago had halted enforcement of the handwritten dates on exterior envelopes. The Supreme Court’s reversal of that decision raises the prospect that thousands of ballots that arrive in time might get thrown out in a key swing state in what is expected to be a close presidential contest.
