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TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pennsylvanians elect judges in odd years. More accurately, a small percentage of Pennsylvanians participate in these “off year” elections so that even though we have over 8 million registered voters, only about a million voters (12% ) weigh in on who should take the bench. That should worry those who live in our commonwealth, because even if you have the good fortune of neve...

President Rumen Radev has already started to constitute the caretaker government, which has emerged as inevitable. Surely the prime minister in it will be Gen. Stefan Yanev. Harvard alumni Assen Vassilev is the second well known person in the future government, Maritsa daily reports. Vassilev was already minister of economy, energy and tourism in the caretaker government of Marin Raykov in 2013.He was also part of the team that prepared the proposals of President Rumen Radev for projects to...

kstephens@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — A state appellate judge has agreed with a Blair County court ruling allowing a Hollidaysburg Borough councilman to amend his candidate’s petition to get his name on the May 18 ballot. Based on a recent ruling by Commonwealth Court President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt, candidate Sean Burke can be on the ballot for the 4th Ward council seat. Leavitt’s ruling affirmed a decision Clearfield County Judge Paul E. Cherry rendered in late March on behalf...

National Assembly on Thursday voted, 117-8 with 107 abstentions, to amend the Election Code, lifting the limit of 35 voting sections for non-EU countries. The vote was retaken on a motion by GERB-UDF. In another revision, the legislature resolved that voting sections will be established abroad if not fewer than 40 voters have submitted an application (down from 60 before), regardless of whether Bulgaria has a diplomatic mission or consular post there. Sections may also be established in the...

Letter: Bretton Woods Measure L ballot language for the West Davis Active Adult Community (Bretton Woods) read as follows: (the city needs) “an adequate housing supply to meet internal city needs … 90% of the home sales will be limited to Davis-connected buyers.” The city itself said this of the project: “The project proponent has elected to develop a ‘Davis-Based Buyers Program’ that would restrict sale of 90% of the for-sale residential units to households that include a Davis res...

Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — Local officials charged with implementing any changes lawmakers might make to Pennsylvania’s Election Code are begging Democrats and Republicans to work together, a request that seems increasingly unlikely to be fulfilled given the parties’ continued partisan tensions, especially over voting rights. The division and hostility was on full display last week as the House State Government Committee wrapped up the last of 10 election oversight meetings, which Chairman...

BRAWLEY — A Superior Court jury on Friday found Imperial County Office of Education Trustee Annette Gonzalez-Buttner guilty on all four felony counts she faced. She has been convicted of two counts of perjury, one count of grand theft and a violation of state election law, all tied to a false declaration of residency in 2017 when she was filing her candidacy on the ICOE board. Sentencing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. May 27 at the Brawley Superior courthouse. The verdict was announced Friday ...

Were coming for City Hall: Fort Worth area churches rally support of candidates Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1 hr ago Luke Ranker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Apr. 22—Fort Worth area pastors are tiptoeing around explicit endorsements while making it clear to congregants which candidates running for local office are fellow church members. Multiple Tarrant County pastors on Sunday rallied worshipers to vote while listing candidates in the May 1 election. Making an endorsement would j...

Critics said they find it “unbelievable” Republican lawmakers would adopt a bill to make it less safe to vote during the pandemic. Demonstrators stand across the street from the federal courthouse in Houston, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, before a hearing in federal court involving drive-thru ballots cast in Harris County. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — Texas state Republican lawmakers Wednesday advanced a bill that would bar drive-thru voting, legislation critics say is aimed a...

For Spotlight PA Election officials hope Democrats and Republicans can finally agree on giving counties more time to process mail ballots before Election Day. 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. Local officials charged with implementing any changes lawmakers might make to Pennsylvania’s Election Code are b...