Election 2020
Philadelphia County won’t comply with Mastriano-backed election ‘investigation’
The Philadelphia City Commissioners unanimously voted against Sen. Doug Mastriano’s, R-Franklin, sweeping request for voting equipment and information used in the 2020 general and 2021 primary elections.
‘We have real work to do.’ Pa. Sen. Laughlin breaks silence, denounces election investigation
Sen. Daniel Laughlin, who’s exploring a run for governor, denounced attempts to review the 2020 general and 2021 elections, making him the first and so far the only member of his party to voice opposition.
Pa. GOP lawmaker says Senate committee will meet soon to vote on subpoenas for election review
Sen. Doug Mastriano said it’s not a question of if the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee will subpoena information — but when.
‘This is not about politics’: Pa. GOP lawmakers accuse Department of State of intimidation tactics
Sens. Doug Mastriano and Judy Ward respond to the Department of State's decision to decertify Fulton County election machines.
York Co. raises objections to Pa. Sen. Mastriano’s election audit request
Just a day after Tioga County announced it would deny a request for access to election documents and equipment from a Republican state lawmaker, another county has raised objections to the request. On Thursday afternoon, York County Commissioners – two Republicans and one Democrat – responded to a letter mailed last week by state Sen. […]
Pa. GOP lawmaker Mastriano doubles down on election audit, requests meeting with President Biden
Mastriano, who shared the letter online Monday evening, also requested a meeting with President JoeBiden, who delivered a speech on voting rights in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
What you need to know about the GOP-backed audit of Pa.’s elections
Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Senate took steps to review the 2020 election last week, requesting thousands of documents from three counties across the state.
GOP Legislature says it funded election audits; Wolf, Auditor General DeFoor disagree
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 9:03 p.m. 6/29/21 to reflect that Erica Clayton Wright told the Capital-Star that the draft budget was “out of date.” Under pressure from former supporters of President Donald Trump, Pennsylvania’s legislative Republicans gave $3.1 million to the state’s auditor general to fund future election audits. But the problem? […]
Trump pressures Pa. Senate GOP to approve legislative audit of 2020 election
*This story was updated at 3:05 p.m. on Friday, 6/4/21,with a response from Senate President Pro-Tempore Jake Corman, R-Centre, and at 5:55 p.m. with a statement from Senate State Government Committee Chairman David Argall, R-Schuylkill. Former President Donald Trump issued a statement Friday backing a legislative audit of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania. Trump celebrated […]
Mastriano, Pa. state lawmakers visit Arizona election audit
According to a press release from Mastriano, no taxpayer money was used on the trip.
Burnt out and beleaguered, county elections officials ask lawmakers for help ahead of this year’s election season
Local officials said they felt defeated by vagaries and tight deadlines in the law the General Assembly passed in 2019, which they spent much of the last year asking lawmakers to amend.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to weigh in on Pa. GOP’s mail-in ballot challenges
The decision from the nation’s high court came down among a slew of judicial orders on Monday morning.