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The Morning Agenda: Hundreds of Pa voters being challenged based on postal service’s change-of-address database; Tips on how to avoid long lines on election day

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An election official organizes mail-in ballots to be sorted for the 2020 general election in West Chester, Pa.

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An election official organizes mail-in ballots to be sorted for the 2020 general election in West Chester, Pa.

A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s overseas voting rules. The suit was filed by several Pennsylvania Republican Congressmen — who all voted not to certify the 2020 election. That includes Scott Perry, Dan Meuser and Lloyd Smucker.

Counties in Philadelphia’s suburbs are being asked to reject the mail-in ballot applications of hundreds of voters in what the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania said are illegal challenges.

Former President Donald Trump has told supporters in Allentown his weekend rally that was marked by crude and racist insults was a “lovefest.”

The mayor of the state’s fifth largest city is criticizing a racist comment directed at Puerto Ricans at former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

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