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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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Republicans have launched an audit of Pennsylvania’s automatic voter registration process
The audit comes one year after Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration followed two dozen other states in offering automatic voter registration at driver’s licensing centers.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition plant to thank workers and ask for more
Under tight security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday visited a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank the workers who are producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country’s fight to fend off Russian ground forces.
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Court takes on another case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting
The state Supreme Court took up the appeal from a Commonwealth Court decision that said Butler County had to count provisional ballots from two voters who had received automatic emails before the April primary telling them their mail-in votes had been rejected because they were so-called “naked ballots” that weren’t enclosed in the provided secrecy…
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Three Mile Island may get new life through Microsoft to power data centers
The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said Friday that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers with carbon-free energy.
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Philadelphia mayor strikes deal with the 76ers on new downtown arena
Mayor Cherelle Parker announced Wednesday that she has forged a deal with team owners to keep the NBA franchise in town and will send it to city council. The decision comes despite objections from nearby Chinatown residents and just weeks after New Jersey’s governor offered $400 million in tax breaks to build the site across…
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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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Election officials prepare for threats with panic buttons, bulletproof glass
Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5 to keep their workers and polling places safe while also ensuring that ballots and voting procedures won’t be tampered with.
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Pennsylvania man and his brother charged with assaulting New York Times photographer during Jan. 6 attack on Capitol
Two brothers were arrested Thursday on charges that they assaulted a New York Times photographer inside the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack on the building more than three years ago.
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Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for president after debate ends
Taylor Swift, one of the music industry’s biggest stars, endorsed Kamala Harris for president shortly after the presidential debate ended.
