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Nelson renews call to ban use of private money in election management

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 5, 2022

A lengthy investigation by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) into the use of private money in election management underscores the need to ban the practice outright, according to Rep. Eric Nelson (R-Westmoreland), the prime sponsor of legislation would prohibit local election officials from taking the money.

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Pennsylvania House OKs bill requiring voter ID, election audits

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 16, 2021

A voter ID requirement and uniform audits of elections cleared the Pennsylvania House this week as part of a package of proposed constitutional amendments.

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Pennsylvania House approves bill to ban private money for election administration

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 15, 2021

Pennsylvania election officials would be prohibited from accepting private money to help underwrite the cost of election administration under legislation approved along a 113-90 party-line vote in the Pennsylvania House.

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Pennsylvania election legislation set for final vote in mid-December

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 18, 2021

The Pennsylvania House this week amended and approved sweeping election legislation, House Bill 1800, setting it up for final legislative approval in mid-December.

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Legislation requiring audits of all Pennsylvania state/county election results clears House committee

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 12, 2021

Legislation that would create a Bureau of Election Audits under the state’s auditor general, require audits of every state and county election, and performance audits of election operations at least every five years cleared the House State Government Committee this week.

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Legislation banning elections officials from accepting private money clears Pennsylvania House committee

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 10, 2021

Pennsylvania election officials will be prohibited from accepting private money to underwrite the cost of managing elections under legislation cleared by the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee this week.

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Grove: A Republican governor violating election laws would have prompted “calls for resignation”

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 8, 2021

Pennsylvania Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), the prime sponsor of sweeping election reform initiatives in the General Assembly, said that media reaction to Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) voting misstep has been “interesting.”

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Grove cites hypocrisy in governor's illegal vote

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 5, 2021

State Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), the prime sponsor of sweeping election legislation (House Bill 1300), said that an illegal vote cast by Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, would have been legal had the governor not vetoed HB 1300 back in June.

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Newspaper report: Delaware County sent hundreds of ballots to incorrect addresses, voters

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 2, 2021

The Delaware Valley Journal (DVJ) reports that Delaware County recently sent hundreds of ballots to the wrong addresses and the wrong voters.

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Wall Street Journal editorial board: Pennsylvania's 2020 election controversy shows need for 'judicial restraint'

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 29, 2021

The website of Commonwealth Court Judge Kevin Brobson, a candidate for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, says he promises to defends the law “as it is written.”

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Pennsylvania Senate Republicans blast Democratic efforts to stop subpoenas for voter records

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 27, 2021

Pennsylvania Senate Republicans have filed an action in Commonwealth Court in response to a lawsuit filed by Senate Democrats, joined by state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, to stop the subpoena of voter records in a forensic election audit investigation by a Senate committee.

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Pennsylvania attorney general draws criticism for changing positions on subpoenaing voter registration records

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 26, 2021

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who recently announced his candidacy for governor, has criticized Senate Republicans for voting to subpoena information from the state’s voter registration system but said nothing about a request by Auditor General’s Eugene DePasquale, a fellow Democrat, for the same information in 2019.

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Broad & Liberty: Pennsylvania governor’s office helped direct privately funded grants to election officials in Democratic counties

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 21, 2021

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, and his secretary of state, participated in a controversial program that directed private funds to election officials leading up to the 2020 general election, according to a recent Broad & Liberty report.

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Critic charges that Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania governor at odds with voters on election bill

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 21, 2021

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, was instantly at odds with state voters over election reform when he announced Oct. 13 that he was a candidate for governor, according to the former Republican Attorney General of Virginia.

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Corman: Possible ballot box stuffing incident 'creates mistrust in our voting system'

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 15, 2021

President of the Pennsylvania Senate Jake Corman (R-Centre) reacted to a video recording of a man possibly stuffing a drop box with ballots by urging Gov. Tom Wolf and his fellow lawmakers to “fill the gaps in the system and restore faith in our elections.”

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Wolf administration officials fail to show at hearing into bipartisan Pennsylvania election reform bill

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 6, 2021

Officials with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s Department of State failed to show Tuesday for a scheduled hearing by the State Senate Government Committee about election reform legislation, Senate Bill 878.

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Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers seek to push Democratic governor into corner with voting measures

By W.J. Kennedy | Sep 29, 2021

Republicans who control both chambers in the Pennsylvania General Assembly are taking another crack at sending Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, a comprehensive change of the state’s voting laws. Wolf vetoed the first version of the Voting Right Protection Act, House Bill 1300, in late June.

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Grove reintroduces legislation to 'protect voting rights' in upcoming elections

By W.J. Kennedy | Sep 21, 2021

Reintroduced and slightly altered election legislation House Bill 1800 is scheduled for a vote in the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee on Monday, Sept. 27.

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Possible Pennsylvania 2020 vote count discrepancy: 'We need to get to the bottom of why that is the case'

By W.J. Kennedy | Sep 16, 2021

A 40,000-plus vote discrepancy in Pennsylvania, discovered by the nonpartisan Voter Reference Foundation (VRF), could be the subject of Senate hearings, which began last week, into the 2020 general elections and 2021 primary elections.

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Pennsylvania Senate president, citing 'colossal failures,' refuses to honor governor’s withdrawal of nomination

By W.J. Kennedy | Sep 16, 2021

Pennsylvania Senate President Jake Corman (R-Bellefonte) said this week that the Senate is under no obligation to honor Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) withdrawal of his nomination for secretary of state.