Topic: Election Reform
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Could an “Ice Cream Truck” for Voting Protect PA’s Ballots?
This swing state rejects thousands of mail ballots a year over minor errors. A Montgomery County official wants to help voters cure their ballots where they live
By Alex Burness![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mail-in-ballot.jpg)
Ideas We Should Steal: Counting Votes Faster
Will PA join 42 other states that start processing mail-in ballots before Election Day in time to avoid uncertainty over the 2024 Presidential election?
By Jemille Q. Duncan![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/your-city-defined-primary-election-791x400.jpg)
Your City Defined: Primary Elections
Why we have them, why they are the way they are — and how they might change to allow more people to vote in Pennsylvania
By J.P. Romney![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Voter-Guide-Philadelphia-2-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Let every registered voter … vote
Pennsylvania is one of only nine states that denies independent voters from casting a ballot in the primaries. A Republican state senator has a plan to change that — and now is the time
By Dan Laughlin![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/early-voting-pennsylvania-791x400.jpg)
The Easiest Way To Vote
For the first time this year, you can cast your ballot for 50 days straight at City Hall—or maybe, Philly 3.0’s engagement director notes, in a neighborhood near you. Here’s how to take advantage.
By Jon Geeting![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ranked-choice-voting-philadelphia-791x400.jpg)
Ideas We Should Steal Revisited: Ranked Choice Voting
New York City is now the biggest jurisdiction that will let voters rank their favorite candidates in municipal elections. Could a similar change bring better elections to Philly?
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/preferential-voting-stop-donald-trump-791x400.jpg)
Ideas We Should Steal: Ranked Choice Voting
How Donald Trump’s almost certain nomination highlights our broken voting system
By Stephen St. Vincent