News & Brews August 27, 2024
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RFK, Jr. will not be on Pa. ballot
Okay, this may (or may not) be my last story about RFK, Jr. I know we’ve had a lot of them lately! It appears now that RFK’s name will NOT be on the Pa. presidential ballot in November. You’ll recall RFK was trying to get on the ballot (Dems wanted him off). Then, on Friday he dropped out of the race (“suspended” his campaign in political semantics) and endorsed Trump, saying he would seek to keep his name off the ballot in battleground states. A Pa. judge granted his request.
Judge: County must tell voters of ballot errors
A Washington County Court of Common Pleas judge ruled yesterday that the county erred by not informing voters of errors on their mail-in ballots that rendered the ballots invalid. The Inquirer reports, “Though the case is specific to Washington County and the actions it took during the April primary, the ruling sends a signal to election officials across the state about how to handle incorrectly completed ballots [as] November’s election approaches.” Here we go again…
Team Trump plans to go ‘all in on Pa.’
NOTUS reports that per ‘a source’ (gotta love those sources!), the Trump campaign, in the form of VP nominee J.D. Vance, plans to “spend more time in Pennsylvania … than any other state in the country.” Further, “A Trump campaign official specifically mentioned the northeastern and northwestern parts of Pennsylvania as some of the main points of focus for Trump — areas where he lost ground in 2020 compared to his victory four years prior.”
Exit interview with outgoing PASSHE leader
PennLive spoke with Dan Greenstein, the outgoing chancellor of the Pa. State System of Higher Education on his reflections on his time as chancellor, his advice for the next chancellor, and any regrets he has about leaving. Greenstein isn’t yet allowed to say what he’ll be doing next.
Pa. media outlet tries to ‘build trust’ with conservatives
And now, for today’s humor. The Christian Science Monitor looks at how WITF—the local NPR station in Harrisburg—”is trying to win conservative listeners — by listening.” It appears the folks at WITF “have realized that they have significant work to do in engaging with the largely conservative swath of Pennsylvania where they broadcast.” The story reads like a non-academic anthropology commentary on reaching a long-lost tribe that speaks a different language. (Can we find a conservative person? Will he/she talk to us?) I mean, seriously, the CS Monitor talks about the station’s work “to engage with conservatives” and “do more to welcome such people at their events.” (“SUCH PEOPLE” – Maybe the CS Monitor has the same issue with conservatives as WITF?) Here’s some advice: If you want to build trust, you don’t do it by listening. You do it by being trustworthy.