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Voter turnout low in Cameron County
Local News, News
AMANDA JONES Era Correspondent amandajonesera@yahoo.com 
May 17, 2017
EMPORIUM — Voter turnout in Cameron County was surprisingly low, with only 22.49 percent of registered voters heading out to the polls on Tuesday for ...
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Annin Twp. race too close to call
Local News, News
May 17, 2017
The lone supervisor race in Annin Township for the Republican nomination was too close to call Tuesday night. Unofficial election results show that Br...
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IU9 approves nearly $1.3 million budget
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FRAN DE LANCEY Era Correspondent delancey401@yahoo.com 
Mar 21, 2017
SMETHPORT — The directors of the Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9 on Monday approved the educational agency's proposed general operating budget th...
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President Trump has accomplished much
Letters to Editor, Opinion
Mar 02, 2017
The United States is a Democratic Republic, and President Trump is our duly-elected president. He was elected with 306 of the required 270 Electoral C...
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Is democracy a ‘fetish’?
Opinion, Сolumns
E.J. DIONNE JR. 
Dec 27, 2016
WASHINGTON — It's important for those who favor the popular election of our presidents to separate their arguments for direct democracy from the outco...
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Our excellent electoral vote system
Opinion, Сolumns
GEORGE F. WILL 
Dec 19, 2016
WASHINGTON — Political mildness is scarce nowadays, so it has been pleasantly surprising that post-election denunciations of the Electoral College hav...
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South Korea leader again buys time
Opinion, Сolumns
FOSTER KLUG Associated Press 
Dec 01, 2016
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — She pulled off a deft bit of political maneuvering, probably born of desperation. Now South Korea's president has a sliver o...
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Area election officials would reject recount petitions
Local News, News, Online Features
ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
Nov 30, 2016
There’ll be no recount here ––at least for the time being. Election officials across the four-county region say they would reject petitions to recount...
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For Democrats, the road back
Opinion, Сolumns
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER 
Nov 26, 2016
WASHINGTON — One of the more salutary outcomes of the recent election is that Democrats are finally beginning to question the wisdom of basing their f...
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Ridgway council passes preliminary budget with no tax increase
Local News, News, Online Features
RICHARD LECKER III Era Correspondent richardlecker3@gmail.com 
Nov 22, 2016
RIDGWAY — Ridgway Borough Council passed a preliminary budget on Monday that includes no tax increase. The general fund budget, which sits just above ...
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Local election data shows region supported Trump
Local News, News, Online Features
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Nov 14, 2016
While nationally, the popular vote was for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, that was not the case in the local region, which overwhelmingly voted...
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The mourning after
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Nov 12, 2016
WASHINGTON — When I opened my front door Wednesday morning after little sleep and numb from a bad dream that wasn't a dream, a dreary rainfall glazed ...
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