Election 2025

ASSOCIATED PRESS Editorial credit: Nagel Photography / Shutterstock.com HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two more candidates filed paperwork last Thursday to appear on Pennsylvania’s primary ballots for U.S. Senate as Democratic Sen. Bob Casey runs for a fourth term and Democrats try to maintain a majority in the narrowly divided chamber. Brandi Tomasetti, a Republican from Lancaster…

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By Marc LevyASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE PHOTO: Allegheny County workers scan mail-in and absentee ballots at the Allegheny County Election Division Elections warehouse in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) HARRISBURG, Pa.— Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Republican state lawmakers can no longer try to enforce a subpoena for a wide…

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By Gary FieldsASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE PHOTO: Esther Lee, president of the Bethlehem Chapter of the NAACP, talks about the presidential election in Bethlehem, Pa., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. President Joe Biden is warning that Donald Trump will be a grave threat to American democracy if he wins re-election, but interviews with Pennsylvania voters again suggest…

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By Brooke SchultzASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — Democrats retained their slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday after voters elected a former school board member to represent them in a Philadelphia suburb that has been trending more to the left. Jim Prokopiak’s election to the Bucks County seat will give Democrats a…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A voter feeds their paper ballot into a reader during the primary election, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at the Millcreek Township 23rd District polling place at First Alliance Church, in Millcreek Township, Pa. Counties in Pennsylvania have told Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers that it is too late to move up the…

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By Ali SwensonASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The Federal Communications Commission last Thursday outlawed robocalls that contain voices generated by artificial intelligence, a decision that sends a clear message that exploiting the technology to scam people and mislead voters won’t be tolerated. The unanimous ruling targets robocalls made with AI voice-cloning tools under the Telephone…

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By Ali SwensonASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta’s policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address the flood of online disinformation that already has begun to target elections across the globe this year. The quasi-independent board on Monday said its review of an altered video of…

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In preparation for the April 23 primary election, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt has launched the Shapiro administration’s 2024 primary election voter education initiative. “As part of Governor Shapiro’s commitment to strengthening our democracy and keeping our elections safe and secure, we are kicking off our voter education initiative a month early this year…

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By Brian Slodysko and Jonathan J. Cooper ASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE PHOTO: No Labels leadership and guests from left, Dan Webb, National Co-Chair Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, and founding Chairman and former Senator Joe Lieberman speak about the 2024 election at National Press Club, in Washington, Jan. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) WASHINGTON —…

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By Marc LevyASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE PHOTO: Vegetation stands in the foreground of the Pennsylvania Capitol on Dec. 16, 2021, in Harrisburg, Pa.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) HARRISBURG, Pa. — A group of conservative state lawmakers in Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging three voting-related executive branch actions designed to boost voter registration, including a 2021…

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