Pennsylvania panel updates anti-discrimination regulations lancasteronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lancasteronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A state panel on Thursday narrowly approved new, more inclusive definitions of sex, religious creed and race in Pennsylvania s anti-discrimination regulations.
Further, voters in Newburg and Newville boroughs will have local referendums regarding alcohol sales.
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Any registered voter can vote on these measures, meaning that independents and third-party voters will have an interest in this yearâs primary beyond the Democratic and Republican intra-party contests that are closed to those not registered with the major parties.
The first two of the four questions are directly related to the political battle between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled state legislature over COVID-19 policy. The latter two questions, while also impactful, are somewhat less controversial.
Emergency powers amendments
The first question, put simply, asks if the Pennsylvania Constitution should be amended to allow the state legislature to terminate, by a simple majority vote, a disaster emergency declaration by the governor.
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