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Experts say Pa.’s 2021 primary was typical, but GOP lawmakers are seizing on issues By (Matt Smith for Spotlight PA) This article is made possible through  . 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 welc...

Updated: 11:52 PM EDT May 18, 2021 Credit: WNEP Patricia McCullough with 35.35% 251,953 votes. Paula Patrick with 13.49% 96,157 votes. Last updated May 18, 2021, 11:47 p.m. Check back for updates. Kevin Brobson, from Montoursville, is the President Judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. He was first elected in 2009 and won retention to the bench in 2019. Brobson graduated from Lycoming College in 1992 and Widener Law in 1995. He was an attorney in the Harrisburg area befo...

State Senator Dan Laughlin Office of State Senator Dan Laughlin As voters cast their ballots in the primary election on Tuesday, state Sen. Dan Laughlin introduced a bill to open future primaries to all unaffiliated voters.  Laughlin, a Republican from Erie County, held a press conference Tuesday morning in his district to announce the bill, which would allow for independent voters to cast a ballot in one party’s primary. He joins state Rep. Chris Quinn, a Republican from Delaware County, wh...

New Mexico Supreme Court Outlines Limits On Its Equitable Powers In Primary Election Case NMSC News: SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court (NMSC) issued an opinion today explaining its legal reasoning for ordering the state’s top election official to mail applications for absentee ballots to all eligible primary election voters last year during the public health emergency from the COVID-19 pandemic. “This remedy promoted the health of the voting public and election workers by making it ...

State Rep. Seth Grove Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus After holding a series of ten extensive oversight hearings on election law and administration in Pennsylvania, House State Government Committee Chairman Seth Grove has released a 98-page report that will likely kick-start conversations on how to overhaul the state’s hotly-debated Election Code. Pennsylvania’s election laws have been in the national spotlight since last year, when they were the subject of a barrage of criticisms and...

With the tie made official by the canvass board, the city is heading to a recount in the Killeen City Council District 4 race. The recount will take place at 9 a.m. today at City Hall. The official results of the May 1 election show incumbent Steve Harris with 181 votes, Michael Boyd with 181, and Brockley Moore with 112. Harris will remain in his seat until a winner is decided, which is in accordance with the Texas State Constitution, city officials said. On Tuesday the city released a memo fr...

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Garcia: South Side runoff will be the nepotism election FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Tomas Uresti, 60, a former Texas state representative and former Harlandale ISD school board member, is running for the San Antonio City Council District 3 seat in the May 1, 2021 general election.Courtesy photoShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Phyllis Viagran, older sister of District 3 Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran, is planning to run in the May 2021 city elections to succeed her sister, who can no longer run for the counc...

It Is Time for Dallas to Adopt Ranked-Choice Voting As six council campaigns head to runoffs, lets finally admit that Dallas municipal elections have morphed into glorified primaries. By Peter Simek Published in FrontBurner May 6, 2021 9:10 am Amid all the postgame analysisthat has been flyingabout in the aftermath of last Saturday’s municipal elections, one simple and striking fact bears mentioning: up until a few election cycles ago, sitting council members were rarely challenged. That has...

  SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court issued an opinion today explaining its legal reasoning for ordering the states top election official to mail applications for absentee ballots to all eligible primary election voters last year during the public health emergency from the COVID-19 pandemic.   "This remedy promoted the health of the voting public and election workers by making it easier for voters to cast their ballots from the safety of their own homes. We also honored the separation of p...