Elections
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Secretaries of state honor Erie Benedictine Sisters for political courage
The political courage of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie was recently recognized after they spoke up against false accusations of voter fraud at their monastery in 2024.
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What does bid to let PA independents vote in primaries mean for you?
A group of five independent voters including political commentator Michael Smerconish filed a lawsuit Dec. 10 asking a Pennsylvania court to end the commonwealth’s bar against independent voters participating in primary elections.
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Pa. voter turnout topped 42% in November’s municipal election dominated by Supreme Court race
Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt certified the results of the Nov. 4 election, which featured a retention vote for three state Supreme Court justices and races for mayor in several of the state’s largest cities, county executives and Philadelphia’s district attorney.
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History reveals Joe Khan, Bucks County’s DA-in-waiting, is a political anomaly
Khan earned approximately 54% of the vote over incumbent Republican DA Jennifer Schorn with all precincts reporting, according to the county’s unofficial election results. He ran unopposed in the May 20 primary.
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Khan unseats incumbent Schorn in Bucks County district attorney race; part of ‘blue sweep’
Just after midnight, unofficial results from the county showed Khan leading with 124,624 votes compared to 106,791 votes for Schorn with more than 99% of the precincts reporting.
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Pennsylvania reelects Supreme Court justices, extending a Democratic majority on its highest court
Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht won new terms, with support from the Democratic Party and allies including Planned Parenthood, labor unions, trial lawyers and a constellation of progressive groups.
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Pa. is prepared for ‘incredibly important’ municipal elections, Secretary of State Al Schmidt says
Nearly 75% of 1.1 million mail-in ballots have been returned in election for judges, local officials.
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Pennsylvania could keep its Democratic high court majority or get partisan deadlock on the bench
Pennsylvania voters will decide whether to keep a Democratic majority on the state’s highest court — the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, redistricting and elections — or potentially plunge the court into a partisan deadlock in a premier presidential battleground.
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OPINION: Billionaire-backed groups are throwing money at Pennsylvania Supreme Court races. Here’s why that’s a problem
In Pennsylvania, state Supreme Court justices are up for retention vote every 10 years after they are first elected. Instead of pitting candidates against the judges, these retention elections provide a depoliticized way for voters to choose yes or no on whether they want judges to continue serving on the bench for another decade.
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7 charged in 2024 Pennsylvania voter registration fraud that prosecutors say was motivated by money
The allegations of fraud appeared to be motivated by the defendants’ desire to make money and keep their jobs and was not an effort to influence the election results, said Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, a Republican.
