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Elections 101

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This series from Spotlight PA protects you against election misinformation and empowers you to make informed decisions.

Electors filling out their ballots on Dec. 14, 2020.

Elections 101: Meet Trump’s 2024 electors and learn about the Electoral College

by Sarah Anne Hughes of Spotlight PA

Donald Trump’s electors — five of whom joined a “fake” slate in 2020 — will meet in Harrisburg on Dec. 17.

A voting sign is displayed Nov. 5, 2024, at Sheridan Elementary School in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Elections 101: Voting is over. Audits, certification, and possible recounts are next.

by Carter Walker of Votebeat

A voter puts a ballot into a drop box on primary Election Day 2024 at Bethlehem City Hall in Northampton County, PA.

Elections 101: Why some Pa. counties have mail ballot drop boxes and others don’t

by Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA

Workers sort mail ballots on primary Election Day 2024 at Northampton County Courthouse in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Elections 101: Why ‘precanvassing’ rules for Pa. mail ballots frustrate voting officials

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt in January 2024 at the East Shore Area Library in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Elections 101: Department of State guidance was a 2020 lightning rod. This is how it works.

by Carter Walker of Votebeat

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