Ideas We Should Steal

Counting Votes Faster

Will PA join 43 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

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
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
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

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
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
Ideas We Should Steal

Ranked Choice Voting

How Donald Trump’s almost certain nomination highlights our broken voting system

By Stephen St. Vincent