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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protests over George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic lawmaker took to the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate to argue for greater protections against racial discrimination. Next week, nearly a year after Floyd’s death, voters will decide whether to make those protections explicit in the state constitution. It’s believed to be the first time since last summer’s protests that voters will decide a racial equity question on a statewide ballot. Its effects, if approved by voters, are uncer...

Pennsylvania voters to decide if protection against racial discrimination should be in state constitution Updated May 14, 2021; Posted May 14, 2021 Pennsylvania state Sen. Vince Hughes, D-Philadelphia, poses in the Rotunda of the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa on Wednesday May 21, 2021. State voters next week will decide whether to add a racial equality provision to the state constitution, a measure Hughes introduced last year, two weeks after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)AP Facebook Share HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protests over George Floyd’s ...

Mark Scolforo In this Tuesday, June 2, 2020 file photo, demonstrators chant, at Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, during a protest over the death of George Floyd, who was killed May 25 by Minneapolis police. State voters next week will decide whether to add a racial equality provision to the state constitution, a measure Pennsylvania state Sen. Vince Hughes introduced last year, two weeks after Floyd died. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) May 14, 2021 - 7:49 AM HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging a...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protests over George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic lawmaker took to the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate to argue for greater protections against racial discrimination. Next week, nearly a year after Floyd’s death, voters will decide whether to make those protections explicit in the state constitution. It’s believed to be the first time since last summer’s protests that voters will decide a racial equity question on a statewide ballot. Its effects, if approved by voters, are un...

Share on Twitter The red dot of a laser pointer circled downtown Houston on a map during a virtual training of poll watchers by the Harris County Republican Party. It highlighted densely populated, largely black, Latino and Asian neighbourhoods. “This is where the fraud is occurring,” a county Republican official said falsely in a leaked video of the training, which was held in March. A precinct chair in the northeastern, largely white suburbs of Houston, he said he was trying to recruit people from his area “to have the confidence and courage” to act as poll watchers in t...