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On today’s episode of The Confluence: More than 1.2 million Pennsylvania voters have requested a mail-in ballot for this year’s midterm, we discuss how the state is preparing for November’s election with mounting legal challenges; and how might redrawn districts for state House and Senate races impact the election outcomes? Today’s guests include: Leigh Chapman, Pennsylvania’s acting Secretary of State; and Chris Potter, WESA’s government and accountability editor.
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Counties prepare for a marathon mail-in ballot count to earn their share of new state election moneyElection boards in almost all of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are gearing up for a monumental task.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is invalidating a lower appeals court decision regarding how rules for mail-in ballots had been applied in a Pennsylvania election.
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Except in rare circumstances, voters can only drop off their own ballot at a mailbox, drop box, or county election office.
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The legislature and governor have failed to clarify the landmark 2019 law creating widespread mail voting, meaning ballot rules could once again vary by county.
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A Commonwealth Court judge rejected a move to ban counties from letting voters fix minor issues. But the case may not have much effect on the midterms
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As Election Day approaches, the fight over mail-in ballots is back. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are crucial swing states that allow mail-in ballots but give local election offices very little if any time before Election Day to process them.
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A Commonwealth Court judge has ordered Berks, Fayette and Lancaster counties to add about 800 contested mail-in ballots to the results of the May election, ruling in a legal dispute that stalled statewide certification of the primary results for governor and U.S. Senate.
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The judge in a case brought by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration against three counties that aren’t reporting mail-in ballots lacking handwritten dates on their return envelopes says she'll rule as quickly as possible.
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A judge deciding if three Pennsylvania counties have to certify May primary vote counts including ballots lacking dates on their return envelopes learned this week that a fourth county is in the same situation — and there may be more.