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Funding and flexibility: That is what Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald would like when it comes to elections.
On Tuesday, Fitzgerald testified before the Pennsylvania Senate’s Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform via Zoom, along with officials from Philadelphia. It was a glimpse into how the state’s two largest population centers handled the weight of the 2020 General Election.
The two counties did much of the heavy lifting when it came to registering, accepting and counting the 6.9 million Pennsylvania votes cast in November 2020, with a record 70.93% voter turnout.
Allegheny County executive asks Harrisburg for funding, flexibility for elections
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National Senior Games coming to Pittsburgh in 2023, city hopes for post-pandemic tourism boost
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Fitzgerald vetoes Allegheny County paid sick leave bill
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CP photo: Jared Wickerham Rich Fitzgerald at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Life Pittsburgh event in McKees Rocks A week after Allegheny County Council passed a bill to provide paid sick days to workers of businesses and organizations that employ more than 25 people, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has vetoed the bill. On March 9, the bill was passed by a 10-4 margin. In a statement, Fitzgerald said he supports the issue, but says the bill was passed the “wrong way” and that he believes it will have troubles if challenged in court. “It’s simply not fair to give employees in our county false hope that they’re protected when the process followed by Council jeopardizes that,” says Fitzgerald in a press release. “If we want to protect our residents, families, community, and public health, we must do thi