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Lawyers in the commonwealth who routinely contest GOP challenges to mail voting and attempts to toss ballots say they think the new lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Commonwealth Court, is unserious and legally shaky.
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At least four U.S. Supreme Court justices have signaled support for an extreme legal doctrine that would give state legislatures unchecked power over elections and political maps.
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On today’s program: A report from the Lower Marshall-Shadeland Development Initiative found a fraction of loan dollars went to minority residents in Pittsburgh over the last decade; a group of citizens have proposed their own map for drawing congressional district lines, the first of its kind; and we speak to an advocate about the low voter turnout rate among people incarcerated in jails, and what more needs to be done to ensure they can exercise their legal right to vote.
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President Joe Biden is declaring that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” as he urges passage of federal legislation to combat efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to restrict access to ballots.
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President Joe Biden is preparing to lay out the “moral case” for voting rights as he faces growing pressure from civil rights activists and other Democrats. Biden's much-anticipated speech on voting rights is set for Tuesday afternoon at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
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The visit comes as fights over the 2020 presidential election and election laws roil state and U.S. capitols.
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On today's program: A medical doctor explains the process of transitioning for transgender kids, and why a bill to ban transgender girls from playing sports with teams that match their gender identity is harmful; the Biden Administration’s infrastructure plan says more than half of the Commonwealth resides in a childcare desert, which one advocate says was a problem pre-pandemic; and state Republicans may be preparing to enact voting restrictions as they complain the state Supreme Court wrongly interfered in the 2020 election.
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The NAACP is in the final push of a fall campaign aimed at boosting Black voter turnout in battleground states, including Pennsylvania. The “Black Voices…
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For years, Pittsburgh’s Juneteenth celebration has included a re-enactment of the Grand Jubilee of Freemen Parade, a festive 1870 march Downtown…
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The Allegheny County Elections Division is starting to look at how to improve its procedures ahead of the November election, but some voting rights…