With primary voting over and ballots being tallied, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said at a news conference Tuesday night, “Pennsylvania’s voters overwhelmingly encountered an improved voting experience this year.” So far, Schmidt’s office said, the issues election officials have been made aware of were “minimal” and “isolated,” such as a couple of polling
There is a certain kind of story about nature and our place in it that says all we experience, all we feel, is nothing but neural circuity. According to one thought experiment, if I were a smart enough doctor or computer scientist, I could put your brain in a vat, hook it up to a bunch of electrodes that enable some kind of simulation of the world, and you’d never know the difference. Fed the proper electrical stimulus, your brain would conjure up the exact same experiences as if you were...
Pennsylvania primary voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide on congressional and state contests that could change America's political landscape in 2024.The battleground state features a closed primary system which means only registered Democrats and Republicans can vote to decide who will represent the party on November's ballot. Independent or unaffiliated voters can't cast ballots in the primary election.U.S. Senate RaceIn a key race for the U.S. Senate, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and...
The election is the first since pro-Beijing Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare switched diplomatic recognition to China.
Iowa House lawmakers approved a bill to increase statewide elected official pay by $10,000 next year on Thursday. The bill would also include a cost-of-living increase for Iowa lawmaker’s pay, similar to the amount the state agrees with public employee unions. Rep. Joel Fry, R-Osceola who led the bill Thursday, said the proposal will help
Creating engaging and economically impactful events is all part of the job for Reading’s city core manager Maritza Loaiza.
Election officials here on Monday conducted checks in a helicopter carrying
NEW DELHI: Election officials on Monday inspected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's helicopter just after he landed in Tamil Nadu.Gandhi had traveled from Mysuru to Nilgiris via helicopter. The Congress leader was en route to Wayanad, his parliamentary constituency in Kerala, where he has several campaign activities planned, including a public meeting.— timesofindia (@timesofindia) Gandhi is contesting the April 26 Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad, aiming for a consecutive term. This comes a day after...
The North Carolina General Assembly begins its annual work session Wednesday with a little extra money to spend and limited pressing issues to address before key elections this fall and longtime state government leaders depart. Following their landmark 2023 session that expanded Medicaid, restricted abortion, broadened gun rights, swelled private-school vouchers and weakened the governor, Republicans leading the House and Senate are talking about the traditionally "short" session to be just that...
Pennsylvania voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in primary elections for U.S. House, President, U.S. Senate, and several positions in state government.
Nearly six months after Hamas' horrific Oct. 7 attack, the crisis in Israel
Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearborn, stands at the head of a community that registered unprecedented numbers of ‘uncommitted’ votes in the primarySince the war in Gaza erupted six months ago, Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, has contended with death threats, toxic media coverage of his city and family members overseas driven from their homes by Israeli airstrikes.Today, he stands at the head of a community that could hold the key to the 2024 presidential election. Two...