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Missing ballots puzzle western Pennsylvania county officials
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state’s top elections official said Thursday she wants federal postal authorities to help figure out why some ballots that were mailed out by a western Pennsylvania county have not been delivered to voters. Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said there are problems in...
Pennsylvanians urged to drop off mail-in ballots in person
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With six days until Election Day, Pennsylvania's top elections official on Wednesday urged voters in the presidential battleground state who have one of the roughly 1 million mail-in ballots outstanding to drop it off in person rather than mail it. In addition to concerns over...
Democrats hope to ride spending wave to state House majority
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — National political winds, strong fundraising and heavy spending by outside groups are fueling Pennsylvania Democrats' hopes that they can pick up the nine seats they need to retake control of the state House of Representatives after a decade in the minority. House Republicans...
Trump campaign tapes voters at drop boxes, threatens lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Trump campaign has been videotaping people as they deposit ballots in drop boxes in Philadelphia in what it says is an attempt to catch violations, surveillance that the battleground state’s Democratic attorney general suggested could amount to illegal intimidation. The...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: Pay attention: Pa. is poised to fall off a budget cliff The Philadelphia Inquirer Oct. 20 Pennsylvania is staring at a fiscal cliff. It’s easy but perilous to ignore state budget minutiae amid a contentious...
Prospects dim for critical election bill in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With 15 days until the presidential election, Republican lawmakers in the battleground state of Pennsylvania showed no sign Monday that they were ready to pass legislation authorizing counties to process mail-in ballots before Election Day, which is seen as crucial to producing a...
Candidates, surrogates flood battleground Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With barely two weeks left before Election Day, the battleground state of Pennsylvania is being flooded with visits by the presidential candidates and their campaign surrogates. Recent polls show President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden in a competitive race in...
Talks on critical election legislation in Pennsylvania stall
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Closed-door talks on legislation seen as crucial to producing a prompt election result in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania appeared stuck Thursday between the Democratic governor and the Legislature's House Republican majority. In a statement to The Associated...
Police: Man in motorized wheelchair killed in hit-run crash
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man was killed after a car hit his motorized wheelchair and fled the scene in Pennsylvania's capital over the weekend, police said. Harrisburg police were called to the scene at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday and found the man with severe injuries. He was rushed to the hospital but was...
Pennsylvanians to pick 3 statewide row office holders Nov. 3
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters next month will decide who should be Pennsylvania's highest-ranking law enforcement official and oversee an agency with about 250 lawyers and a budget approaching $190 million. They'll pick a state treasurer, a job that handles billions of dollars in public funds and plays a...
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