Know your voting rights on Election Day

Don’t let anyone keep you from exercising your franchise By Nathaniel Smith, Columnist, The Times Democracy depends on public confidence in the results of elections.  In 2000, even though the VP Al Gore accepted the US Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 order to discontinue the recount of Florida votes, many of his followers ever after referred to George W. Bush as the president elected by five...

Op/Ed: Know your voting rights

By Pedro A. Cortés, Secretary of State, Pennsylvania Pedro A. Cortés It is hard to escape the fact that the November 8 general election is quickly approaching. At the Pennsylvania Department of State, we have a deep commitment to ensuring a fair, secure and smooth electoral process. Voting is one of our most fundamental rights as citizens. As Pennsylvania’s Chief Election Officer, it is my...

Things heating up in final days of election season

With 10 to go, intensity picks up; pension efforts fail again By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Well, we’re getting down to the end of it, just 10 more days and Election 2016 will in the history books. And make no mistake, it will be one for the history books. Or maybe, the horror section. And no, don’t ask me to email it to you. From filing what appear to be criminal charges against a state...