Whose Mail-In Ballots Are Not Showing Up?

A shallow dive into data from the Philadelphia City Commissioners shows it’s not who you might expect

By Nick Jain
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Protecting Our Neighbors on Election Day

Join The Citizen and Changing the Conversation Together to learn how to deescalate federal threats and other incidents at (and beyond) the polls

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Preguntas de la Boleta Electoral 2026

Las dos medidas que los votantes pueden aprobar o rechazar el 3 de noviembre benefician a las pequeñas empresas y a los negocios locales, y hacen permanente el Departamento de arte y cultura de la ciudad

By Lauren McCutcheon
Guest Commentary

PA’s Closed Primaries Close Out Democracy. It’s Time to Open Them

Committee of Seventy’s CEO urges legislators to pass Rep. Jared Solomon’s bill to allow 1.5 million independents to vote in state primaries

By Lauren Cristella

Your Guide to the 2026 General Election

All the candidates — including PA governor and U.S. reps — on the ballot on November 3

By Courtney Duchene and Lauren McCutcheon

The Ballot Questions in the 2026 General Election

The two measures voters can approve or reject on November 3 give an edge to small and local businesses, and make the City's art and culture department permanent

By Lauren McCutcheon
Guest Commentary

What If We — Not Billionaires — Controlled Our Election Funding?

A local political activist has an idea we should steal to bring power back to the people

By Rabbi Michael Pollack
Guest Commentary

Want Your Voting Rights?

Then, several voting advocates argue, you have to use them — and tell others to do the same

By Clarissa Unger, Jen Domagal-Goldman, Lauren Kunis, and Rebekah Caruthers
Guest Commentary

The Dems Have Been Here Before

Socialists in the big Democratic tent are nothing new, but so are big tears in the party fabric, dating back to FDR’s New Deal and the a fractious 1948 convention in Philadelphia

By David M. Stone
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The Escalating Fight For Voting Rights Ahead of The Midterms

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member sits down with political commentators Harry Sisson and Joe Walsh to discuss Trump's threats to our free and fair elections

By Ali Velshi