Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-03-31/budget-policy-and-priorities/its-time-to-fix-harrisburg-campaign-calls-for-legislative-reforms-in-pa/a78499-1 March 31, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol Wednesday called for changes to procedural rules in Harrisburg. Good-government groups have launched the Fix … Continued
The 2022 Pennsylvania election season is coming up quickly, with primaries this May followed by the general election in November. Voters trying to prepare to cast their ballot will face the same rising misinformation on social media we’ve seen for … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-03-22/census/house-senate-redistricting-comes-to-a-close-in-pennsylvania/a78367-1 March 22, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, rejected legal challenges to new state House and Senate maps last week, finalizing the … Continued
Pennsylvania’s new state House and Senate maps are now set in stone after the state Supreme Court rejected a host of legal challenges. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has approved the final legislative maps drawn by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC). … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): 2022 is an important election year and civic engagement is a top priority for IPL this year. We’re launching our 2022 Faith Climate Justice Voter Campaign to reach out to people of faith and … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): TAKE ACTION: Do your part to stop voter suppression by signing up as an Election Protection poll monitor today at https://protectthevote.net/. Last year in 2021, at least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to voting … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): While the fight isn’t over, we just had a major win at the Supreme Court – and we’ve got good news about Pennsylvania redistricting. On Monday, the Supreme Court denied a request to stay the implementation … Continued
From Keystone Votes (https://www.keystonevotes.org/): Pennsylvania’s bipartisan vote-by-mail law remains in effect after the state Supreme Court earlier this week overturned a lower court’s decision that would have ended the provision in Act 77 of 2019 in two weeks. That’s the … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-02-28/census/pa-supreme-court-selects-new-congressional-map-with-least-change/a78041-1 February 28, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has picked a new congressional map after a monthslong battle between Republican lawmakers and Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration. … Continued
From UU Justice PA (https://uujusticepa.org/): Election Poll Workers may be one of the most valuable keepers of fair and safe elections in PA. The elected positions were on the ballot in 2021. However, many positions did not have a candidate, … Continued