Elections
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
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
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
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
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
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
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