Pennsylvania Stakes Its Claim as Center of the Political Universe | Few states feature as many high-stakes, competitive races, each pulsing with the political currents that are shaping midterm campaigns across the country. (via The New York Times)
FiveThirtyEight: 10 Election Deniers On Pennsylvania Ballot This Fall | Out of 529 total Republican nominees running for office, FiveThirtyEight found 195 who FULLY DENIED the legitimacy of the 2020 election, including 10 who are on the ballot in Pennsylvania. (via Politics PA)
Ahead of pivotal 2022 Pa. election, Wolf administration expands access to voter registration forms| Pennsylvania will now offer voter registration forms at libraries, state park offices, and state-run veterans homes, among other locations, as part of an enhanced effort to reach about 1.7 million people eligible to vote but who are not registered. (via Spotlight PA)
What will student loan forgiveness mean for Black students and families? | After President Biden announced his administration’s plan for student debt relief, Andre Perry explains the impact loan forgiveness will have on student debt holders, the role of student debt in racial wealth and income inequality, and how to keep higher education attainable for the public. (via Bookings)
Women Are So Fired Up to Vote, I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It | In the weeks following the leak of a draft ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, which all but guaranteed the end of abortion protections under Roe v. Wade, it initially seemed this pattern would hold. About three weeks after the leak, a CNN analyst claimed that “the Republican wave is building fast” heading into the midterm elections. (via The New York Times)
Thousands of Pennsylvania women, motivated by Roe decision, swell voter registration rolls | Ms. Coyle, an 18-year-old from Willow Grove, Pa., had been interested in voting but just hadn’t gotten around to it, busy preparing to leave for college, babysitting for a local family and making trips to the Jersey Shore. After hearing abortion could become illegal in some states, she dug the form out, registered as a Democrat, and sent it in. (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Key Pa. Democrats speak ahead of Biden’s remarks | Many suburban Republicans say they are having a hard time bringing themselves to vote for their party’s nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano. And several voters and political operatives doing on-the-ground outreach say his stance on abortion is a big reason why. (via WHYY)
John Fetterman Calls on President Biden to Decriminalize Marijuana | Ahead of Biden’s upcoming visit to Pittsburgh, Fetterman is calling on the President to work to deschedule marijuana from its classification as a Schedule I drug, and going on the offensive against his Senate opponent Dr. Oz in anticipation of any backlash. (via The Keystone)
How Josh Shapiro is trying to turn out Black voters in Philly, a crucial group of Democrats | Shapiro's campaign is trying to appeal to Black voters by touting the attorney general's record on public saftey and education. (via The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Pa. Supreme Court tells Wolf to bring abortion amendment challenge to Commonwealth Court | The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday denied Gov. Tom Wolf’s request to hear his challenge of Republican-backed legislation that includes a proposal to amend the state constitution to say there is no right to abortion services in the commonwealth. (via Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
