Topic: Election Reform
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