Via Kyle Griffin:
#Pennsylvania's highest court has ruled that Republican state lawmakers can no longer enforce a subpoena for election records issued in 2021 that was inspired by Trump's election lies. #legal
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#Pennsylvania governor unveils election security task force to mitigate threats to the 2024 vote
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro will announce the effort Thursday. It will be led by Republican Al Schmidt, the top election official in the critical battleground state.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/pennsylvania-election-security-task-force-rcna141024
Via Democracy Docket:
NEW: #Pennsylvania House Democrats passed a bill permitting officials to begin counting returned mail-in ballots 7 days before Election Day. Current state law only allows ballots to begin being counted on Election Day, contributing to delays in results.
Via Democracy Docket:
NEW: The 3rd Circuit announced today that it will not reconsider its decision that requires counties to reject undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots in #Pennsylvania, leaving in place the harmful ruling for voters.
#Pennsylvania Judge Denies Centre County GOP Request To Disqualify Undated and Misdated Mail-In Ballots - Democracy Docket https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/pennsylvania-judge-denies-centre-county-gop-request-to-disqualify-undated-or-misdated-mail-in-ballots/
Via Democracy Docket:
NEW: In a new brief, nine Republican secretaries of state are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up an election case out of #Pennsylvania and reconsider the independent state legislature theory, a radical legal theory that could upend American #elections.
Casting a provisional ballot in #Chester County, #Pennsylvania? Here’s what you need to know. #elections #vote
https://www.votebeat.org/pennsylvania/2025/11/04/chester-county-pollbook-voting-problem-provisional-ballot-2025-election/
Really good news, via Daniel Nichanian: Bucks County, #Pennsylvania, was ground 0 for conservative takeover of school boards & anti-LGBTQ policies in 2021, on Central Bucks & Pennridge boards. Dems flipped both boards back in 2023. Tonight, Dems have ousted *all* Repubs from both school boards
"Ski Slopes Off Season," has just gotten nods from two of our fabulous #FineArtAmerica administrators. "Feature Of The Day" in "For The Art Of It" ... and "Daily Spotlight Image" in "Art For Public Spaces."
My thanks to Allison Griffin and Sharon Williams Eng
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ski-slopes-off-season-lois-bryan.html
#art #giftideas #autumn #BlueKnob #BlueKnobAllSeasonsResort #PA #Pennsylvania #buyintoart #LoisBryan #NotAi #CorelPainter
#Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced the launch of a new election hotline for voters and election workers to report threats of physical violence.
Rebecca Crosby, Noel Sims, and Judd Legum point to six election results that did not make the news:
"Pennsylvania county ousts sheriff who collaborated with ICE"
"Progressives win control of Texas school board that censored books"
"Georgia elects its first Democrat to a non-federal statewide office since 2006"
"Mississippi Democrats break Republican super majority in the state Senate"
#Trump #election #Pennsylvania #Texas #Georgia #Mississippi #Colorado #Maine
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Via our hero @marcelias:
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Republican lawsuit challenging the counting of some military and overseas voters ballots in #Pennsylvania.
Republicans lose and voters win (again)!
Smart. Keep it up #HarrisWalz
Via Josh Marcus-Blank:
New: #Harris campaign opens 50th #Pennsylvania office, aims to cut #Trump’s advantage in rural counties
👏🏻 Via our hero, @marcelias:
🚨BREAKING: #Pennsylvania Supreme Court RULES that voters can cast a provisional ballot at their polling place if their mail-in ballot is missing an inner secrecy envelope.
A BIG win for Pennsylvania voters and another stinging defeat for the GOP. #legal
🚨BREAKING: Undated and misdated mail-in ballots cannot be counted in #Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court says, vacating a lower court's ruling on jurisdictional grounds. The ruling risks disenfranchisement for thousands of voters in the swing state. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/undated-and-misdated-mail-in-ballots-must-be-counted-pennsylvania-supreme-court-rules/
Via Kyle Griffin:
NEW: On Oct. 21, Vice President #Harris will join Liz #Cheney for a series of moderated conversations in suburban communities across #Pennsylvania, #Wisconsin, and #Michigan, "as part of her ongoing efforts to earn the support of swing voters."
"Federal authorities believe a viral video spreading online showing mail ballots being destroyed in the key battleground suburb of Bucks County, #Pennsylvania, might be a hoax perpetrated by Russia as part of its covert effort to help elect former President Donald #Trump..."
#Trump flubbed anchor Sage Steele's name at a town hall event, calling her "Paige."
"Thank you very much. Thank you. Let's have a little fun, Paige. OK?" Trump told Steele, who stood next to him onstage at Sunday's event in Lancaster, #Pennsylvania. Steele moderated the town hall.
#Harris campaign quickly posted footage of the incident on Twitter, where it had received more than 800,000 views by Monday a.m.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-flubs-sage-steele-name-during-interview-1972122
Via Scott MacFarlane:
NEW: Justice Dept confirms to cbsnews that it has received inquiry from former federal prosecutors & GOP appointees to “request that (DOJ) review payments that are being made by the Elon #Musk-founded America PAC to voters in #Pennsylvania and other states that experts say raise serious questions under applicable law”
Justice Dept confirms receipt of the letter... but declines to comment further
The former GOP-appointed officials want a DOJ review of Musk's effort
Via Lauren Hitt:
Since July, more than 110,000 people have volunteered with the #Harris campaign in #Pennsylvania, and those volunteers have knocked on nearly 2 million doors in October alone.
#WompWomp Yes, another rare #SCOTUS #Wompage moment.
“Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday rejected a request from Cornel West to direct #Pennsylvania election officials to post notices informing voters at polling locations statewide on Election Day that West is a presidential candidate and his name can be written in on ballots.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornel-west-pennsylvania-ballot-access-dispute-samuel-alito/
BREAKING: In a win for voters, a federal judge rejects a right-wing organization’s request to remove over 277,000 voters from #Pennsylvania's rolls before tomorrow's election.
Via K Griffin:
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner:
"Anybody who thinks it's time to play militia, F around & find out. Anybody who thinks it's time to insult, to deride, to mistreat, to threaten people, F around & find out. We do have the cuffs, we do have the jail cells. We do have the Philly juries, & we have the state prisons. So if you're going to try to turn an election into some form of coercion, if you're going to try to bully people, bully votes or voters …F around & find out" #Pennsylvania
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👀Via Zoe Tillman:
In Cambria County, #Pennsylvania , a judge extended voting hours by two hours, from 8pm to 10pm, after the county reported delays following a software malfunction today. Voting after 8pm will be via provisional ballots