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Federal Judge Agrees to Fast Track Trump Suit Seeking To Limit PA Mail Vote

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PA Post Reported on Saturday (July 18) that "A federal judge has agreed to fast track the lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s election campaign against Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar and the commonwealth’s 67 county election boards over vote-by-mail procedures.U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan limited the scope of discovery, however, to the … [Read more...] about Federal Judge Agrees to Fast Track Trump Suit Seeking To Limit PA Mail Vote

Effort To ‘Regionalize’ PA Appeals Courts Moves Forward

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Effort To 'Regionalize' PA Appeals Courts Moves ForwardThe Pennsylvania Senate enacted legislation this week that represents a  major first step toward a constitutional amendment that would  change the way the commonwealth selects judges who will sit on the state Supreme Court, the Superior Court and the Commonwealth Court.Currently, those judges are elected in statewide … [Read more...] about Effort To ‘Regionalize’ PA Appeals Courts Moves Forward

In Suprise Vote, Lower Merion High School Gets Conditional Nod For Friday Night Lights

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In Suprise Vote, Lower Merion High School Gets Conditional Nod For Friday Night LightsLast night (July 15), by a vote of 8-6, the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners approved a tentative sketch plan, submitted by Lower Merion School District, to erect permanant lights at Lower Merion High School's Arnold Field. The commissioners attached several … [Read more...] about In Suprise Vote, Lower Merion High School Gets Conditional Nod For Friday Night Lights

Trump Calls Pat Toomey A RINO. Is This The Break Joe Gale Has Been Waiting For?

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Trump Calls Pat Toomey A RINO. Is This The Break Joe Gale Has Been Waiting For?Do you think that this Tweet from President Trump,  late Saturday Night (July 11), might have caught the attention of an ambitious young Repbulican politician by the name of Joe Gale? That would be the same Joe Gale who is stll smarting from a 2018 Commonwealth Court … [Read more...] about Trump Calls Pat Toomey A RINO. Is This The Break Joe Gale Has Been Waiting For?

Two Great Explainer Videos For Anybody Who Still Doesn’t Understand Gerrymandering

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In March, Fair Districts PA called for videomakers to submit their entries in what they called the Gerry-Explainer Contest. The winner was , Bob Millman. He used 50 dimes and 50 pennies to illustrate  how districts could be divided fairly or corruptly. If The Dimes draw the map, you could wind up with eight Dimes Districts and two Pennies … [Read more...] about Two Great Explainer Videos For Anybody Who Still Doesn’t Understand Gerrymandering