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Unsuccessful Delaware gubernatorial candidate Julieanne Mrray has filed a lawsuit claiming virtual legislative sessions violate the Delaware and U.S. constitutions.
A release announcing the lawsuit was filed in federal court, according to a release.
Murray’s release noted that a large percentage of Delaware residents do not have Internet access and repeated Republican claims that the Zoom sessions allowed Democrats to control the debate.
“While I cannot assess the merits of the lawsuit, House and Senate Republicans agree with the objective,” said State House Minority Leader Danny Short (R-Seaford). “Earlier this week, we issued a statement urging the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tem to set a hard date for resuming in-person sessions and committee meetings as soon as possible. There are many venues in the Dover area that could accommodate such gatherings, while giving us sufficient space to observe CDC gu
EDITORIAL: Pa. All-Star Game pitch is a stretch
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A pair of Pennsylvania Democrats are urging Major League Baseball to move the uprooted-from-Georgia All-Star Game to Pittsburgh. They have one problem: Pennsylvania Republicans.
Make no mistake about it. Georgia’s recent election law restrictions are a partisan affront to democracy. Among the provisions:
Photo ID is required to vote by mail.
The GOP-run state Election Board now has authority to intervene in county elections even to the point of replacing local elections officials.
A ban on giving food and water to voters waiting in line.
Those lines, recall, are already long in Georgia, where closing down polling places has become a political pastime in recent years especially in districts with higher rates of Black voters.
Early stages of Pennsylvania Senate race form around 2020 aftermath
On Location: March 11, 2021
Replay Video UP NEXT The date hasn t even been set for Pennsylvania s 2022 Senate primary, but hopefuls on both sides of the aisle are already gearing up for a race that will likely determine control of the upper chamber. About a dozen candidates have already filed paperwork to run, but only a handful are visibly beginning to chart their paths forward. After the state delivered Joe Biden the presidency in November, Democrats became more optimistic about the 2022 prospects of taking over the seat left by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. Their confidence was further evidenced in the first few months of Biden s presidency when a pair of nationally recognized Democrats Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta officially joined the race.