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GOP-led states plan new voter data systems to replace one they rejected. Good luck with that
Some states, including Texas and Virginia, have said they plan to create their own data-sharing networks to replace ERIC
U.S. Supreme Court to consider case that could radically reshape the country’s elections
At issue is the 'independent state legislature' theory, which could give state lawmakers broad latitude to impact elections.
Wave of GOP primary challengers seek Harrisburg shakeup over mail-in voting, pandemic response
Among those who face opponents are House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, both chambers’ top budget officials — House and Senate Appropriations Committee chairs Rep. Stan Saylor, R-York, and Sen. Pat Browne, R-Lehigh — and a handful of other minor members of leadership, as well as a number of rank-and-file members.
Corman to stay in GOP governor primary, though election logistics meant his fate was sealed
The highest-ranking Pennsylvania Senate Republican attempted to end his gubernatorial campaign — but it’s unclear if he could have had his name physically removed from the ballot even if he followed through with it. In a filing on Tuesday afternoon, Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, R-Centre, said he was ending his campaign and asked […]
Capital-Star Q+A: Josh Shapiro on the death penalty, climate and Harrisburg
The only Democratic gubernatorial candidate on the ballot in 2022 says he's here to take on 'big fights.'
Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law has its day in Supreme Court
Roles were reversed in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday, as attorneys argued over the fate of the state’s three-year-old mail-in voting law, with lawyers for Gov. Tom Wolf arguing to protect legislative power, and lawyers for 14 dissident lawmakers arguing to undo a law that 11 of them had voted to approve. The law, […]
Unfair or fair game? The economic gains of private election grants | Analysis
A number of states have already moved to ban these types of grants from being used to fund election administration.
Pa. statewide judge race heads to recount, GOP requests another in Chester County
The recount is the latest sign of the tightening in many races that appeared to be going well for Republicans on Election Night.
14 House Republicans file lawsuit to strike down Pa.’s vote-by mail law. 11 voted for it
Fourteen Pennsylvania House Republicans filed a new lawsuit this week alleging that the state’s vote-by-mail law, which was passed with near-unanimous Republican support in 2019, is unconstitutional. The 34-page suit filed in Commonwealth Court on Tuesday night asks for the state court to declare the law unconstitutional, and prevent the state from issuing mail-in ballots […]
Capital-Star Q+A: 2022 GOP gov. candidate Jason Richey on taxes, hyperloop, and voting
The Capital-Star is trying to sit down with as many candidates as possible to ask them about their campaigns, background, and issues impacting Pennsylvanians.
Wolf vetoes Republican voting bill; GOP pivots to constitutional referendums
Such measures are approved by the Legislature before they go before voters in a referendum. Governors have no say on their ratification.
With new amendment strategy, Pa. GOP could target voter ID, mail-in ballots
Nowhere is this newfound love of permanent changes to the commonwealth’s governing document clearer than in the fight over Pennsylvania’s election law.