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   Merit Street Media  | Oct 28, 2024 Washington —  Republicans on Monday asked the U.S.  Supreme Court  for an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could result in thousands of votes not being counted in this year's election in the battleground state. Just over a week before the election, the court is being asked to step into a dispute over provisional ballots cast by Pennsylvania voters whose mail ballots are rejected for not following technical procedures in state law. The state's high court ruled 4-3 that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were voided because they arrived without mandatory secrecy envelopes. The election fight arrived at the Supreme Court the same day  Virginia  sought the justices' intervention in a dispute over purging voter registrations. Four years ago, the high court weighed in on pandemic-inspired changes in voting rules in several states, including Pennsylva...

  Text of Proposal Number One, An Amendment  Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and Assembly   proposing an amendment to section 11 of article 1 of the constitution, in relation to equal protection Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 11 of article 1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: § 11.  a.   No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof.  No person shall, because of race, color,  ethnicity, national origin, age, disability,  creed [ or ] ,  religion,  or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, genderexpression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare   and autonomy,   be subjected to any discrimination in [ his or her ]  their   civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state , pu...

Text of Proposal Number One, An Amendment  Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and Assembly   proposing an amendment to section 11 of article 1 of the constitution, in relation to equal protection Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 11 of article 1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: § 11.  a.   No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race, color,  ethnicity, national origin, age, disability,  creed [ or ] ,  religion,  or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, genderexpression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare   and autonomy,   be subjected to any discrimination in [ his or her ]  their   civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state , pursuant to law...