From We the People PA: (https://actionnetwork.org/groups/we-the-people-pennsylvania): At midnight last night, the 2021-22 session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly came to an end. And at that moment, the proposed judicial gerrymandering constitutional amendment met its demise as well. The threat that … Continued
By Reid Wilson The number of state legislative districts where racial or ethnic minorities make up a majority or a near majority of the population dropped substantially after the latest round of redistricting, even as those minority groups accounted for … Continued
The so-called “lame duck” session of Congress has begun. That’s the time between an election in November and the start of a new congressional term in January. We have just a matter of weeks to pass critical legislation in *this* … Continued
From ELCA Advocacy (https://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Publicly-Engaged-Church/Advocacy): NOTE: You do not need to Lutheran to act. While awareness is high of the vigor needed for a healthy democracy, a bipartisan bill is before the 117th Congress that can strengthen protection of the democratic … Continued
Lindsay Graham may have tried to convince Georgia election officials to throw out fair election results in Trump’s favor. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas just shielded Lindsay Graham from testifying before a grand jury about his involvement.1 Thousands of activists … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): The election is underway, right now. In states across the country, early voting has started, mail-in ballots are being returned and people are preparing for Election Day in 13 days. Over 11 million people … Continued
From Clean Water Action (http://www.cleanwateraction.org/): Have you heard? We recently released our Congressional Scorecard evaluating the votes of the 117th Congress. This is a tool you can use to make informed decisions at the ballot box and hold your legislators accountable. Included in the Scorecard are key votes … Continued
Every Pennsylvanian deserves clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment and our state constitution even guarantees those rights. Unfortunately, not all elected officials in Harrisburg understand this responsibility. To hold our legislators accountable, we work with our partners to identify … Continued
PennLive has its voters guide to the 2022 general election candidates. This summer the League of Women Voters of the Harrisburg Area in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of the Carlisle Area, hired an intern to create a … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): Our state legislative leadership is using the constitutional amendment process to get around the governor’s veto power and pass their partisan agenda. In July, state lawmakers passed SB106, a sweeping set of proposed amendments to our … Continued