Pennsylvania is one of several well known “challenge” states for petitioning. That is, petitions that turn in a total number of signatures at least equal to the number of valid signatures required are presumed to have enough signatures, unless the signatures are challenged by voters (usually put up to it by politicians or political parties). This process is used to scare potential political challengers off the ballot.

This Independent Political Report article covers three ongoing petition challenges in Pennsylvania.

Thanks again to Missouri Independent for publishing this story.

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins appears to be blocking initiatives that he opposes. One initiative would limit legislative changes to initiatives that were passed by Missouri voters and the other would affect congressional map redistricting.

Here is the story from Missouri Independent.