From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): This summer, dozens of Fair Districts PA volunteers have donated hundreds of hours in dozens of counties, talking to fellow Pennsylvanians about PA’s broken legislative process. What we’ve found as we’ve talked at PA fairs … Continued
On August 16th of 2021, the United States rushed the final steps of its military evacuation from Afghanistan as the Taliban drew closer to seizing control of the entire country. Tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans, American citizens, and third … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Big money donors and wealthy special interest groups hold too much power in our political system. Despite anonymous donors’ outsized influence, the American public doesn’t know who they are, where the money comes … Continued
As you know, the 2020 election was marked by controversy and false claims that the election was tainted in one way or another, and there are those who continue to foster this myth. And one upshot of that controversy is … Continued
From Spotlight PA (https://www.spotlightpa.org/): Pennsylvania lawmakers are weighing a bill that would let voters who aren’t affiliated with a political party vote in primaries. Former elected officials and government experts told the House State Government Committee in a hearing on Tuesday that Pennsylvania’s current … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-08-15/civic-engagement/public-hearing-set-to-allow-independents-to-vote-in-pa-primaries/a80245-2 August 15, 2022 – Danielle Smith, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Opening up Pennsylvania’s primary elections to voters who aren’t registered either as Democrats or Republicans is the topic of a State House … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): This week we mark the 57th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Our ancestors fought for this: for justice and the right for Black people to fully participate in the political process. But in … Continued
From the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (https://www.palwv.org/): In a triumph for PA voters, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania upheld the constitutionality of no-excuse mail-in voting yesterday. Read the full decision here. The Court ruled that Act 77, the … Continued
The Committee of Seventy has launched a new campaign, BallotPA, to advocate for an end to PA’s closed primaries. PA is one of only 7 states with entirely closed primaries. Former PA party chairs Alan Novak (R) and Tim Rooney … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): If you haven’t, please sign the Fix Harrisburg petition at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/fix-harrisburg/. Last week an estimated 20 million Americans watched the eighth public hearing held by the January 6th Select Committee. As evidence accumulates, the danger … Continued