Carter Walker of Votebeat
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Tie elections happen frequently in low-profile races. Some say reform is needed.
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Chester County’s pollbooks omitted third-party and independent voters, but officials don’t know why.
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Courts have made at least nine different rulings since Pennsylvania adopted no-excuse mail voting, confusing voters.
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Voters may see candidates for judge of elections, majority inspector, and minority inspector on their Nov. 4 ballot.
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A 2020 case of double voting in Pennsylvania was discovered using information from ERIC, a data-sharing consortium that has come under attack from conservatives in recent years.
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Over the past decade, there were 14 instances in which at least one fraudulent ballot was cast, according to law enforcement.
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The Justice Department’s letter seeks Pennsylvania’s voter rolls, and may encompass social security and driver’s license numbers.
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An analysis of three recent statewide elections found that problems with voting machines were rare and easily fixed.
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The agency has asked states for voter rolls, information on election crimes, and procedures for checking voter eligibility, among other records. State officials question the scope of the requests.
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Several other states are also facing new scrutiny as the U.S. Department of Justice refocuses election-law enforcement.