Black Storytelling and Policymaking in Appalachia
Black storytelling is a necessary precondition for sound, equitable policymaking in Appalachia.
West Virginia Legislative Session Starts Shrouded in Secrecy & Bad Ideas
The West Virginia Legislature got underway on Wednesday, February 10th, and so far the legislative session has been marked by a lack of accountability and transparency, advancing legislation aimed at crippling public education, reducing workers’ rights, and securing large, regressive tax cuts that will hurt working families. When the legislature briefly convened on January 10th […]
Election 2020: Will Pending Litigation Impact Results in Pennsylvania?
The 2020 election has taken place against the backdrop of a pandemic, a racial justice movement, and record-setting political spending–projected to total nearly $14 billion, a figure greater than the GDP of Armenia. For a culture that is used to immediate gratification, the days spent waiting for election results required more patience and discipline than […]
ORVI Elections Analysis
2020 election results and analysis for Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky
Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania Extension to Count Ballots, For Now
For the moment, Pennsylvania ballots postmarked by Election Day and received through November 6 could be counted. The opinion looked like a win for voting rights in a battleground state , but it’s too early to celebrate.
Pennsylvania Prevails on Absentee Voting Access
Pennsylvanians will now have more time for their ballots to make it to election clerks’ hands and be allowed to offer drop boxes, after separate rulings from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Thursday.
Pennsylvania’s Tight Deadlines Threaten Thousands of Absentee Votes
For years, Pennsylvania’s election officials have been raising the alarm: The state’s absentee ballot deadlines are too tight—there just aren’t enough days between deadlines to request and return mail-in ballots to turn them around. Too many votes cast properly go needlessly uncounted. And if they don’t solve this now, the problem will only get worse.
Pennsylvania’s Fight Over Election Drop Boxes
Pennsylvania is a high-stakes case study demonstrating the vital link between mail service and the right to vote. This year in Pennsylvania and states across the US, drop boxes become more critical than ever.