Bipartisan election bill introduced in Pennsylvania

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bipartisan legislation to try to fix disputed or gray areas of Pennsylvania’s election law has been introduced in the state Senate, after more than a year of lawsuits, partisan bickering and legislative stalemates inflamed by last year’s presidential election. The bill introduced Friday would keep the state’s expansive mail-in voting law in place, even as former President Donald Trump continues to peddle baseless conspiracy theories about mail-in voting fraud and Republican lawmakers sue to invalidate the law. It largely grants the top two requests of county commissioners to help them administer elections. The bill does not include a top Republican priority of tightening Pennsylvania’s voter identification provisions.