Lawmakers in Harrisburg want to change how Pennsylvania elections are run. They just don’t agree on how. Or why. In the wake of a contentious but smoothly run presidential election — and a year after — lawmakers from across the political spectrum say more reform is needed to address lessons learned this year and to shore up the system for the future. Republicans who control the legislature have signaled that election law will be a top priority next year. But and desperate efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden have poisoned the debate and thrust voting into the center of America’s...…Lawmakers in Harrisburg want to change how Pennsylvania elections are run. They just don’t agree on how. Or why. In the wake of a contentious but smoothly run presidential election — and a year after — lawmakers from across the political spectrum say more reform is needed to address lessons learned this year and to shore up the system for the future. Republicans who control the legislature have signaled that election law will be a top priority next year. But and desperate efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden have poisoned the debate and thrust voting into the center of America’s...WW…

President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and overturn several decisions the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made regarding the 2020 election, saying that the court overstepped its bounds and that “the outcome of the election for the Presidency of the United States hangs in the balance.” But even in the unlikely event the new challenge is successful and the court agrees to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, it would not change his Electoral College win. Biden amassed 306 electoral votes, the same as Trump four years ago —...…President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and overturn several decisions the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made regarding the 2020 election, saying that the court overstepped its bounds and that “the outcome of the election for the Presidency of the United States hangs in the balance.” But even in the unlikely event the new challenge is successful and the court agrees to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, it would not change his Electoral College win. Biden amassed 306 electoral votes, the same as Trump four years ago —...WW…

Polls had been closed in Florida for only a few hours last month when elections offices started closing up shop for the night, too. Almost all the votes were counted and reported, and there just wasn’t much left to do at that moment. News organizations had already . Things in Tampa, for example, shut down by 1 a.m., the county supervisor of elections said. Related stories In Philadelphia, meanwhile, elections officials weren’t even halfway through a 50-hour stretch without sleep, at the start of . “I wanted to take a 12-hour break to let people get some sleep, and it was just impossible,”...…Polls had been closed in Florida for only a few hours last month when elections offices started closing up shop for the night, too. Almost all the votes were counted and reported, and there just wasn’t much left to do at that moment. News organizations had already . Things in Tampa, for example, shut down by 1 a.m., the county supervisor of elections said. Related stories In Philadelphia, meanwhile, elections officials weren’t even halfway through a 50-hour stretch without sleep, at the start of . “I wanted to take a 12-hour break to let people get some sleep, and it was just impossible,”...WW…

Analysis It’s now official: President-elect by 80,555 votes, significantly larger than the 44,292-vote margin that helped carry President Donald Trump to the White House in 2016. Related stories Digging into the numbers, it’s delivering in overwhelming fashion for Biden, giving him margins that swamped Trump’s fervent support in more rural and postindustrial areas of the state. But there are in a state once again decided by about 1 percentage point. Some defied expectations. Biden, for example, boosted the Democratic vote in Philadelphia — but Trump did much better in the city than he did...…Analysis It’s now official: President-elect by 80,555 votes, significantly larger than the 44,292-vote margin that helped carry President Donald Trump to the White House in 2016. Related stories Digging into the numbers, it’s delivering in overwhelming fashion for Biden, giving him margins that swamped Trump’s fervent support in more rural and postindustrial areas of the state. But there are in a state once again decided by about 1 percentage point. Some defied expectations. Biden, for example, boosted the Democratic vote in Philadelphia — but Trump did much better in the city than he did...WW…