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The Texas Senate, voting along party lines, approved a sweeping Republican elections bill shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday after a lively overnight debate led mostly by Democrats that had begun 7½ hours earlier. Senate Bill 7, known as the Election Integrity Protection Act, must be approved by the Texas House before midnight Sunday. The bill is eligible for a vote at 4:50 p.m. according to the House calendar. Democrats criticized the bills restrictions, particularly a ban on 24-hour voting and dri...

AUSTIN — The Texas Senate was poised to advance a massive elections bill on Sunday, after an hours-long, overnight debate in which Democrats blasted the...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate advanced a massive elections bill Sunday morning, after an hourslong, overnight debate in which Democrats blasted the GOP majority for releasing just hours earlier a new version of the legislation that expanded its restrictions and penalties. Discussion on the sweeping voting legislation kicked off just after 10:30 p.m. It went on for more than seven hours with ...

More than 20 Pennsylvania counties turned to private philanthropy when it became apparent the Republican-led General Assembly wasn’t going to help them cover COVID-related expenses.

Mark Zuckerberg helped some Pa. counties survive the 2020 election. Right-wing lawmakers say that was unfair. Marie Albiges, The Philadelphia Inquirer © JESSICA GRIFFIN/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS If lawmakers are concerned about private money, Philadelphia election commissioner Al Schmidt said they could include funding for local election offices in the state budget. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership wi...

Elections are complex. Running them is hard. And Pennsylvania is still building its system. That was clear in last week’s primary, when more than 2.2 million voters participated in the first non-presidential election since the state dramatically expanded mail voting. It was a test of a still-new system, and there were points of clear failure or acute stress — pointing to both new and ...

This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. This article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing

This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. This article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing

. Harrisburg, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s primary this week hardly resembled the election of six months ago, when local officials were furiously counting millions of mail ballots while handling record-breaking turnout with the nation’s eyes on the state. By all accounts, Tuesday was just another typical off-year, relatively drama-free election, which was welcome news to those who oversaw it. Many of the problems counties faced during the high-turnout, high-intensity November presidentia...

Issues with mail ballots plagued a handful of Pennsylvania counties during the 2021 primary. This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. This article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing policy. Pennsylvania’s primary this week hardly resembled the election of six months ago, when local officials were furiously counting millions of mail ballots while handling record-break...