Current:Home > MyPennsylvania House OKs bill to move 2024 primary election by 1 week in protracted fight over date-DB Wealth Institute B2 Reviews & Ratings
Pennsylvania House OKs bill to move 2024 primary election by 1 week in protracted fight over date
lotradecoin profitability View Date:2024-12-26 04:57:09
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed another bill to give an earlier date for its 2024 presidential primary, an effort that has become drawn out and politically charged in a battleground state still weathering former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about a stolen 2020 election.
The bill would move up the date by one week, from April 23 to April 16, and passed with a slim? margin of 104-99. However, it faces an uncertain future.
The state Senate’s Republican majority has insisted that the date be moved up by five weeks to March 19. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration this week recommended that lawmakers move it to April 9 as the date that “presents the fewest conflicts among potential primary dates.”
Meanwhile, counties have warned for two weeks that they don’t have enough time to handle the tasks associated with moving next year’s primary election. Further, they said that moving the primary election date at this point puts undue pressure on election staff and raises the risk of challenges if the election isn’t run perfectly.
Initially, lawmakers were motivated to change the date to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday of Passover. Senate Republicans then proposed moving it to March 19, saying that would also make the late primary state more competitive in 2024’s presidential primaries.
However, critics say a five-week shift makes it difficult for counties to change plans and harder for primary challengers to campaign in 2024’s election contests. Plus, critics say, presidential nominees will be all-but settled by March 19, anyway.
The House earlier this month countered with a proposal to move the date to April 2, two days after Easter. But Senate Republicans echoed the concerns of county election officials who say the nexus with Easter will make it difficult to get voting machines and election materials into churches that also serve as polling places.
veryGood! (4)
Related
- Usher Cancels Atlanta Concert Hours Before Show to Rest and Heal
- China’s Alibaba must face a US toymaker’s lawsuit over sales of allegedly fake Squishmallows
- World population up 75 million this year, topping 8 billion by Jan. 1
- New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay
- How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism
- Come and Get a Look at Selena Gomez's Photos of Her Date With Benny Blanco
- Stock market today: Stocks drift on the final trading day of a surprisingly good year on Wall Street
- Poland says an unidentified object has entered its airspace from Ukraine. A search is underway
- Kim Kardashian Says Her Four Kids Try to Set Her Up With Specific Types of Men
- The earth gained 75 million humans in 2023. The US population grew at half the global rate
Ranking
- Andrew Shue's Sister Elisabeth Shares Rare Update on His Life Amid Marilee Fiebig Romance
- Staying In Never Looked This Good: Your Ultimate New Year’s Eve Stay-At-Home Celebration Guide
- Rare duck, typically found in the Arctic, rescued from roadside by young girl in Indiana
- North Korea’s new reactor at nuclear site likely to be formally operational next summer, Seoul says
- White House says deals struck to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost $50 billion yearly
- Texas police release new footage in murder investigation of pregnant woman, boyfriend
- New law in Ohio cracks down on social media use among kids: What to know
- What looked like a grenade caused a scare at Oregon school. It was a dog poop bag dispenser.
Recommendation
-
Detroit judge orders sleepy teenage girl on field trip to be handcuffed, threatens jail
-
These End of Year Sales Are the Perfect Way To Ring in 2024: Nordstrom, Lululemon, Kate Spade
-
Kremlin opposition leader Alexey Navalny moved to Arctic penal colony but doing well, spokesperson says
-
Zoo welcomes white rhinoceros baby on Christmas Eve
-
The Sunscreen and Moisturizer Duo That Saved My Skin on a Massively Hot European Vacation
-
New Hampshire casino to shut down for 6 months, could re-open if sold by owner accused of fraud
-
Mexican officials clear border camp as US pressure mounts to limit migrant crossings
-
The Points Guy predicts 2024 will be busiest travel year ever. He's got some tips.