Elections
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
To Celebrate America 250 on July 4, Be like Hungary on November 3
Philly’s done right by democracy’s history this year, but its future will be written by engaged citizens between now and Election Day … and after, too
By David M. Stone
Ali Velshi on Protecting the Integrity of the Midterms
The MS NOW host and Citizen board member is joined by Angelo Carusone of Media Matters and MS NOW legal analyst Melissa Murray to talk about the threats to our upcoming elections
By Ali Velshi
How to Vote in Philadelphia
Everything you need to know about voting in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania — including how to fix a flawed mail-in / absentee ballot
By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
Your Guide to the 2026 Primary Election
All the candidates — Democratic and Republican — on Philadelphians’ ballots on May 19, 2026
By Courtney Duchene and Lauren McCutcheon