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Reform recommendations on way to state lawmakers for 'fair and transparent' elections

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 15, 2022

Newly sworn-in state lawmakers will have a fresh set of election reform recommendations waiting for them when they are sworn in on Jan. 3.

Shapiro charges former campaign consultant with 'wide scale' voter fraud

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 18, 2022

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has charged a former campaign consultant with “wide scale” forgery of voter ballots.

Honest Elections project exec: Supreme Court’s ‘very broad’ ruling opens the door for counting of undated mail ballots

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 8, 2022

Saturday’s state Supreme Court follow-up ruling on undated ballots leaves an opening for some ballots to be counted, even though the court had ruled less than a week before that the ballots must be set aside and not counted, says Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project.

Grove praises Supreme Court ruling on undated ballots

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 2, 2022

State Rep. Seth Grove (R-Grove), one of the leading advocates for election reform in the Commonwealth, could barely contain himself on his Twitter account after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled yesterday that undated mail ballots should not be counted in next Tuesday’s general election.

VRF files suit over voter rolls: 'We are not going to allow partisan elections officials to restrict the public's access to election records they pay for'

By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 23, 2022

National election transparency group the Voter Reference Foundation (VRF) has sued the Pennsylvania Department of State over its prohibiting the public to view the state’s voter rolls – a right under federal law and the U.S. Constitution, the group says.

Amicus in PA elections case: 'Pandora’s box' would allow courts to overturns election safeguards

By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 19, 2022

A Pennsylvania elections case on appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court could open the door for courts in other jurisdictions to strike critical integrity safeguards from state laws, according to an amicus brief filed by the Lawyers Democracy Fund (LDF), a public interest law firm specializing in election integrity issues.

Elections lawyer: PA Supreme Court ruling allowing no-excuse mail ballots 'outcome-based opinion'

By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 5, 2022

The lawyer who argued successfully before Commonwealth Court that Act 77, the state’s 2019 no-excuse mail ballot law, was unconstitutional said that the state Supreme Court’s recent decision to reverse the lower court's ruling was an “outcome-based opinion.”

Zimolong: Supreme Court should consider federal court decision on mail ballots in Act 77 ruling

By W.J. Kennedy | Jul 28, 2022

An elections attorney who was successful arguing before Commonwealth Court for the unconstitutionality of no-excuse mail ballots permitted under Act 77 of 2019 is urging the state Supreme Court to consider a separate, federal ruling before it rules on the Act 77 case on appeal.

Grove issues third report: 'We can’t ignore multitude of issues with election process'

By W.J. Kennedy | Jul 21, 2022

State Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), one of the state’s leading advocates for election reform, issued his third report in two years this month on the “chaos” in the commonwealth’s election process, and placed much of the blame for it on Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf.

PA lawmakers advance three key voting integrity measures before summer recess

By W.J. Kennedy | Jul 14, 2022

The Pennsylvania House approved proposed constitutional amendments that would enact voter ID and post-election audits election laws, and a third measure that bans election officials from accepting private funds to underwrite the administration of elections.

Mastriano's poll watcher legislation clears state House committee

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 24, 2022

Poll watchers would not be restricted to their county of residence and would be allowed a clear line of sight of the canvassing of ballots (examining votes for authenticity) under Senate Bill 573, cleared by the House State Government Committee along a 14-10 party line vote this week.

Cuccinelli applauds Alito’s 'wise' decision in PA mail ballot ruling

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 3, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito’s ruling on undated mail ballots in Pennsylvania, which has major implications on a still undecided U.S. Senate Republican primary race, was the right decision, says Ken Cuccinelli, national chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative and former attorney general of Virginia.

Grove: Voter roll bill 'moves us toward regaining' voter confidence in elections

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 29, 2022

The state House passed legislation this week that requires information from the Election Registration Information Center (ERIC) to be used to remove deceased voters from the voter rolls. The legislation was passed with both Republican and Democrat votes.

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PILF on March 31 court order: 'This is monumental victory for election integrity'

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 7, 2022

A federal judge in Pennsylvania ordered officials with the Department of State last week to allow the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), which specializes in voter integrity debates, to inspect records showing how many foreign nationals voted in Pennsylvania elections going back decades.

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Mitchell: 'It’s not the job of a government agency to be concerned about voter turnout'

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 6, 2022

Cleta Mitchell brought her touring Election Integrity Summit to Harrisburg last week where the state’s leading conservative activists met at the annual Pennsylvania Leadership Conference.

Attorney Zimolong: 'The Constitution is clear about in-person voting'

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 30, 2022

The lawyer who successfully argued in court against Act 77, the 2019 law that allowed no-excuse mail ballots, is hoping for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s final ruling on the law before primary mail ballots are sent out to voters.

Capital Research Center criticizes work of Soros-backed district attorneys

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 8, 2022

The recent escalation in crime in major U.S. cities with progressive district attorneys is hitting the minority communities the hardest, according to the Capital Research Center (CRC).

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court allows state's mail ballot law to remain in place

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 4, 2022

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state’s “no excuse” mail-in voting law would remain in place as it weighs a Jan. 28 Commonwealth Court ruling that overturned the 2-year-old law, Act 77, and ordered it to expire in two weeks.

Corman to introduce sweeping reform legislation to 'address concerns about our election system'

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 31, 2022

Senate President Jake Corman (R-Bellefonte) has announced that he will soon be introducing sweeping election reform legislation in light of last week’s Commonwealth Court decision striking down Act 77 of 2019, which allowed no-excuse mail ballots.

Court declines to block all of Pennsylvania Senate committee's subpoena of voter records

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 12, 2022

President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate Jake Corman (R-Centre) celebrated a Commonwealth Court ruling that he said permits a Senate committee to conduct a forensic audit of the 2020 general election and the 2021 primary to subpoena voter records.

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