A Chester County judge, shortly after she was sworn in on the bench, made donations from her own campaign finance committee to other political committees, a move that could be viewed by some as a conflict of interest — or at least as ethically questionable. Yet the judge, Fredda Lewis […]
Beth Ann Rosica: An unlikely case against open primaries
Pennsylvania is one of fourteen states in the country with closed primary elections, meaning a voter must officially register with a political party in advance of the election date in order to participate. And the only political parties that get to vote in the Pennsylvania taxpayer funded primaries are Republicans […]
Bill targets ‘rogue’ officials after U.S. Senate recount dust-up
(The Center Square) – Local officials caught defying Pennsylvania election law may find themselves without a job. Rep. Joe D’Orsie, R-York, is drafting legislation that would give the state House the power to remove county and municipal officials from office. It’s similar to the impeachment process and would ultimately require […]
Outraged Bucks residents want Ellis-Marseglia and Harvie gone
Citizens protested the Democrats’ refusal to follow state Supreme Court rulings on vote-counting.
By Bradley Vasoli
State Supreme Court shoots down undated ballots, again
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court told counties on Monday that ballots with dating errors cannot be counted as valid. The emergency order comes after elected officials in Bucks, Centre, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties overlooked the deficiencies, in violation of a previous high court ruling that said doing […]
Activists’ ballot-application challenges fall apart
Local activists’ challenges to hundreds of mail-in ballot applications across the Philadelphia suburbs ended last week without having a single challenge upheld. Last month, challengers alleged 212 applications in Chester County, 319 in Montgomery County, 191 in Bucks County, and 143 in Delaware County came from voters who either moved […]
Kyle Sammin: Democracy dies in daylight as Democrats break the law to help Casey
The Washington Post has been telling us for eight years now that Democracy Dies in Darkness. Anyone who watched the proceedings in Bucks County this week knows that’s not true. It dies in broad daylight. As we all know by now, Republican Dave McCormick came out on top in the […]
‘Get on with this:’ Another Dem urges Casey to concede
“It’s time to concede and move on.” That was the message on Thursday from former Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Mark Singel to fellow Democrat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. as yet another media organization announced the three-term senator had lost his re-election bid. “It’s time to get on with this. He’s […]
Firm tied to voter registration ‘scheme’ goes dark
(The Center Square) – The media and consulting firm linked to fraudulent voter registration forms in Pennsylvania earlier this week has gone dark as of Saturday. Field and Media Corps – the website and social media accounts of which are now defunct – is an Arizona-based company that contracts with […]
Anti-Fitzpatrick PAC posts false claims on signs in Bucks
Signs falsely say Fitzpatrick ‘voted to defund the police’
By Bradley Vasoli