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  • ‘I will protect your right to vote:’ Shapiro says after Trump signs order to restrict voting rights

    03/31/2026 9:06:56 PM PDT · by lightman · 31 replies
    PennLive ^ | 31 March A.D. 2026 | Amy Worden
    Gov. Josh Shapiro reacted swiftly to news that President Donald Trump had signed an executive order attempting to restrict voting rights, blasting it with a post on the governor’s social media pages: “President Trump can sign whatever the hell he wants to, but it won’t change the Constitution. The authority to set our election rules belongs to the states — and as Governor, I will protect your right to vote. That includes your right to vote by mail." Trump’s order would create a nationwide list of eligible voters and restrict mail-in voting, among other restrictions. Under the order, the Department...
  • Pa. nuns, falsely charged with election fraud, win major award for political courage

    08/23/2025 6:07:34 AM PDT · by lightman · 26 replies
    Pennlive ^ | 23 August A.D. 2025 | Amy Worden
    The Benedictine Sisters of Erie, falsely charged with election fraud ahead of the 2024 election, are the recipients of a prestigious national award for political courage. The nuns are the 2025 winners of the Margaret Chase Smith American Democracy Award from the National Association of Secretaries of State. Other recipients of the award include President Jimmy Carter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and civil rights activist Rosa Parks. “The good Sisters earned this award by courageously challenging political disinformation when they were targeted with false charges of voter fraud just before the 2024 election,” said Pennsylvania Secretary of...