The seats of three of the five Democrats on the state Supreme Court are up for grabs on Nov. 4.
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Despite the country’s stark political divide, some Pennsylvania voters in deep-red counties still genuinely vote for the representative and not the party.
Pennsylvania’s delays in counting mail-in votes have not been fixed − creating an opportunity for Trump and his allies to cast doubt on the results again in 2024.
At the time of independence, Pennsylvania was also at the geographical center of the 13 original Colonies. It remains a focal point of American politics, and a swing state.
What counts as fast for a court is slow for the rest of the world, and judges can give contradictory or vague rulings that delay final decisions into the future.
Most of the election-related lawsuits now before state courts focus on fine details of election procedures. This can be a costly, time-consuming process for state courts.
The three leading candidates in the GOP Senate primary race in Pennsylvania all hitched their wagons to Trump. But will that make it harder for the Republican winner to win the center come the fall?
Cracking down on gerrymandering isn’t enough to make elections more competitive.
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Geography and Demography, Penn State
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President, Dickinson College
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Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
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Professor of Politics, Drexel University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Erie Campus, Penn State