Legislature's majorities and picking a new state attorney general are on the Pennsylvania ballot

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters on Tuesday will decide whether to keep Democrats in control of the state House and maintain the Republican state Senate's majority, along with deciding who should be running state offices that prosecute crimes, handle billions in public money and keep a...

Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaigns vie in the final days before the election in the nation’s biggest battleground...

Supreme Court refuses to block counting of some provisional ballots in Pennsylvania, rejecting Republicans' plea

Cornel West loses Supreme Court bid to get on the Pennsylvania presidential ballot

WASHINGTON (AP) — Third-party presidential candidate Cornel West on Thursday lost a Supreme Court bid to be included on the presidential ballot in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania. Justice Samuel Alito refused his emergency appeal in a brief order. Alito handles appeals...

Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans wasted no time in appealing a Pennsylvania court decision that would relax the rules for mail ballots, asking the state Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a lower-court opinion issued one day earlier. The state and national GOP filed an...

Pennsylvania court loosens mail ballot rules, but a fast-track appeal is likely

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A divided Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Wednesday that the envelopes voters use to send in mail ballots do not need to have been accurately hand-dated, weighing in after the state Supreme Court sidestepped the issue and six days before the end of voting in the...

A clumsy early voting option has backed up election offices in Pennsylvania and frustrated voters

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A clumsy and time-consuming early voting option in the nation's biggest presidential battleground state is creating frustration, leading to hours-long lines and prompting claims of disenfranchisement as voters swamp county offices that are not prepared to handle the influx....

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania voters are almost sure to play a pivotal role in the Nov. 5 general election, with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress and the state Legislature in the balance. With its 19 electoral votes, the commonwealth is the largest prize...

Pennsylvania high court gives voters provisional option if their mail ballots get rejected

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court on Wednesday said people whose mail ballots are rejected for not following technical procedures in state law can cast provisional ballots, a decision sure to affect some of the thousands of mail-in votes likely to be rejected this fall. ...

Pension raises for some retired Pennsylvania teachers and state workers move ahead in Legislature

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bill that would give pension increases to more than 60,000 retired school and government workers passed the Pennsylvania House by a comfortable margin on Tuesday, although opponents warned it would saddle taxpayers with a $1 billion bill. The 135-67 vote...