Elections
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Op-ed: Trump’s journey from hosting The Apprentice to being the biggest loser
Leading up to the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump honed a carefully crafted image of himself as a successful businessman and a winner. But in reality, Trump has a long record of failure, according to Chris Edelson, a professor and author of two books on US presidential power.
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PA Sec. of State: Threats are chasing off experienced local election officials
Election officials leaving in the wake of the 2020 presidential election has Pennsylvania’s top elections official worried.
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Two more candidates file papers to run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania
Two more candidates filed paperwork Thursday to appear on Pennsylvania’s primary ballots for U.S. Senate as Democratic Sen. Bob Casey runs for a fourth term and Democrats try to maintain a majority in the narrowly divided chamber.
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Biden blasts Trump’s support of a nationwide abortion ban
President Joe Biden took Trump to task for his support of a nationwide abortion ban and his role in repealing Roe v. Wade, criticizing him for “taking away women’s freedom,” putting women’s lives in danger, and unleashing “cruelty and chaos all across America.”
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Lebanon County’s ballot drop box a casualty of election conspiracies
More than two dozen Lebanon County residents packed a county commissioners and elections board meeting at the courthouse in the City of Lebanon on Thursday to voice their grievances about the county’s decision last month to remove the county’s ballot drop box.
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Democrats retain majority in the Pennsylvania House with a 102-100 partisan divide
Democrats retained their slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday after voters elected a former school board member to represent them in a Philadelphia suburb that has been trending more to the left.
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Thousands of Lebanon County voters disenfranchised after drop box removal
An estimated 4,500 Lebanon County voters were set to use the county’s only drop box this primary. Now they may face 45 minute lines if they want to drop their ballot off in person.
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Conservative group admits there was no evidence of election fraud at Erie post office in 2020
The admission from Project Veritas and its former leader was the latest evidence that Donald Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election were baseless.
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Dave McCormick spent $37,000 on his private planes while campaigning for US Senate
McCormick co-owns four Pilatus PC-12s through a fractional ownership program. Memberships start at $345,000 per year with an additional $6,540 monthly management fee according to an industry website. Campaign finance reports show that former hedge fund manager and Republican US Senate candidate Dave McCormick spent over $37,000 flying around Pennsylvania on his private jets throughout…
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PA’s top elections official looks to pre-empt conspiracy theories about election
Schmidt appeared cautiously optimistic that election officials will be able to count Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballots following the upcoming presidential election.
