Reports out of Northampton County indicate that there’s a technical issue with hybrid touchscreen voting machines and how they are counting votes for retention for two Superior Court judges. Bottom line? You should vote as you planned to. Here’s what else you need to know. 🧵 /1 A computer mapping error is causing issues with ballots where the voter voted “yes” to retain one judge and “no” to retain the other judge. The error causes the yes or no votes in one race to be recorded in the other race. /2

BREAKING: Today we filed a federal complaint against @CBSDSchools – the fourth-largest district in the commonwealth – alleging a toxic environment of bullying, harassment, and discrimination of LGBQ&T students across the district. /1 School should be an environment that fosters creativity and the free exchange of ideas; where all children can form friendships that might last a lifetime and engage in a journey of self-discovery that guides them into adulthood. That’s not the case in @CBSDSchools. /2

🚨🚨🚨 Tonight, @PennridgeSD will vote on a censorship policy that could ban any student communication not explicitly approved by the school district. Yes, you read that right. Yes, this is an absurd and dangerous policy and should have no place in any school. 🧵 /1 .@PennridgeSD serves more than 7,000 students. If this censorship policy is implemented, thousands of students could be disciplined for communicating with each other about political or social issues, off-campus events, and anything else not part of approved school curriculum. /2

🚨🚨🚨 Tonight, the @hempfield School Board in Lancaster County became the first school district in Pennsylvania to pass a cruel and dangerous policy inspired by the right-wing extremists. School boards should be protecting –not attacking– the children at their schools. 🧵 /1 The policy that @hempfield School Board passed tonight bans transgender girls from participating in girls athletics at school. This blatant discrimination has no place in an environment that should be welcoming and supportive of all students. /2

🚨🚨🚨 Last night, the PA Senate waived their rule about voting after 11pm. What they did next is outrageous and you may find it hard to believe. A thread 🧵 /1 Anti-abortion politicians had been pushing SB956, a bill that would put to voters a ballot question about banning the right to an abortion and state funding for an abortion in the state Constitution. /2

You’ve probably heard about Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay Law,” a law intended to stoke the culture war by banning certain books and conversations from schools. Two PA senators have just introduced legislation that would go further than Florida. 🧵 /1 SB1277 and SB1278 would create a hostile school environment that would prevent students from being their full, authentic selves, sow distrust between students and teachers, and make productive and inclusive learning all but impossible. /2

Today, the US Supreme Court reversed 50 years of precedent by overturning Roe v. Wade. Here’s what that means for abortion care in Pennsylvania. 🧵 /1 Important: abortion is still legal in Pennsylvania, and today’s decision doesn’t immediately impact the right to an abortion in the commonwealth. But it soon could. Here’s how. /2

For at least the third time since Labor Day, police in Pennsylvania have shot people of color who were in the midst of a mental health crisis. On Sept 13, a police officer in Lancaster shot and killed Ricardo Muñoz, a Latinx man in crisis. And police in Reading shot and wounded Roxanne Moore, a Black transgender woman.

On Monday, police in Philadelphia shot and killed Walter Wallace, Jr., a Black man in crisis.