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The campaign for an open Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat follows Donald Trump’s relentless and baseless claims that November’s election was stolen from him and a parade of complaints — and distortions — by Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania about the actions of state elections officials and judges.
In less than a month, voters will head to the polls for the 2021 Municipal Primary on May 18. Statewide, they will face ballot questions on limiting the emergency power of the governor and will choose nominees for state courts. And in some parts of Lancaster County, they will settle primary battles for school director, municipal boards and district judge. Turnout is typically lower in so-called âoff yearsâ in which no federal seats are on the ballot. In the 2019 municipal primary, turnout was roughly 19% of all registered voters, less than the roughly 28% seen in the 2020 presidenti...
She doesn't answer, she said, because these are issues that could come before the courts again. "This election is on the heels of a very contentious election in 2020, so regardless of what I think of what happened in our election ... we know the issues surrounding that election were pretty hot,” Patrick said in an interview. What she can do, however, is point voters to her background and experience, she said, as a judge on the Common Pleas Court bench in Philadelphia for 18 years, including a one-year appointment in 2015 to the city's three-person election board. “I let them know, experie...
2020′s election keeps coming up in 2021′s Pa. high court race Updated 8:45 PM; HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In the Republican primary in Pennsylvania’s top-of-the-ticket election contest this year, one particular subject keeps coming up on the campaign trail: last year’s presidential election. The campaign for an open state Supreme Court seat follows Donald Trump’s relentless and baseless claims that November’s election was stolen from him and a parade of complaints — and distortions — by Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania about the actions of state elections officials and judg...
• 1 hour ago Matt Rourke / AP Yes, there’s another election day just around the corner. It’s May 18. And, in fact, thanks to no-excuse mail ballots, widespread voting is already open. In addition to deciding local races, voters this year will elect a slew of new judges to Pennsylvania’s three statewide appellate courts — judges who will no doubt shape important policy in the state for at least the next decade. These are some of the most powerful positions in state government. But the elections that determine who gets the jobs tend to get little attention from voters. In...