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Pa. Department of State bungles ballot referendum for child sex victims, Boockvar leaving post By MARK SCOLFORO and MARC LEVY Published  Kathy Boockvar HARRISBURG, Pa. - A proposed Pennsylvania state constitutional amendment allowing lawsuits for otherwise outdated child sexual abuse claims was not advertised as required, delaying the necessary voter referendum for at least two years, the Wolf administration disclosed Monday. The Pennsylvania Department of State in a news release called it "s...

Pa. Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar leaving her position after agency fails to advertise constitutional amendment An error by the Department of State will delay a vote on whether survivors of sexual abuse who have aged out of the statue of limitations will be allowed to sue. Author: Keith Schweigert (FOX43) Updated: 12:25 PM EST February 1, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. — Editors note: The above video is from Nov. 4, 2020. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockv...

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Updated: 6:28 PM EST Feb 1, 2021 MARK SCOLFORO and MARC LEVY Associated Press Some victims of child sexual abuse might have to wait two years or more to pursue legal claims because of a major bureaucratic bungle that prompted angry denunciations across the political spectrum Monday and the resignation of Pennsylvanias top state elections official. A proposed state constitutional amendment allowing lawsuits for otherwise outdated claims was not advertised as required and s...

Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review AP   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Mark Rozzi was crushed Monday when Gov. Tom Wolf called to tell him an amendment seeking to open a window of opportunity in court for old child sex abuse claims would not make the primary ballot this year because of an advertising oversight. Rozzi, a state representative from Berks County who has recounted how he was raped by a priest in j...

As a result, no statewide referendum to add it to the state constitution may be possible before 2023, Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar is leaving her job Friday and both the state inspector general and the Legislature will look into the matter. “The delay caused by this human error will be heartbreaking for thousands of survivors of childhood sexual assault, advocates and legislators, and I join the Department of State in apologizing to you," Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement. “...

It wasnt rejected by voters, it wasnt shot down by his colleagues. Instead, it is an error that has sidetracked what state Rep. Mark Rozzi has dedicated the last seven years of his life to achieving. On Monday, news broke that the Pennsylvania Department of State discovered that a mistake will block voters from deciding this spring whether to allow survivors sexually abused as children to sue those responsible. - Advertisement - "Im still in shock," Rozzi said shortly after learning of the s...

Angry over botched constitutional amendment, Pa. lawmakers call for action to aid child sexual abuse victims PennLive.com 2/1/2021 Ivey DeJesus, pennlive.com © Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com/pennlive.com/TNS Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar on Monday announced her resignation after it was learned that her department had bungled procedures on a constitutional amendment that was poised to give victims of child sex abuse a chance at justice.\nMark Py...

HARRISBURG (AP) — The state House has given its final approval to a proposal to change the Pennsylvania Constitution to give those who say they were victims o

(Credit: Pixabay.) The state House has given its final approval to a proposal to change the Pennsylvania Constitution to give those who say they were victims of child sexual abuse a retroactive two-year “window” in which to file civil lawsuits, no matter how long ago the alleged abuse occurred. HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — The state House has given its final approval to a proposal to change the Pennsylvania Constitution to give those who say they were victims of child sexual abuse a retroac...