Topic: Voting
Remove Philly’s Voting Language Barriers
A Muslim-American advocate urges Philadelphia to steal an idea from Chicago and L.A.: Make it easier for non-English speaking citizens to vote
By Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, PhD.
Saving Democracy by Canvassing … All the Time
The deep canvassers of Changing the Conversation Together have been able to turn out the vote before big elections. Could doing their work year-round boost civic engagement and voter turnout in the long term?
By Courtney DuChene
Philadelphia, America’s Democracy Laboratory — Again
The PA Speaker of the House of Representatives on why Hillary Clinton, Josh Shapiro and PA lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle just started a voting access revolution, in Philly
By Joanna McClinton
What PA Dems can Learn from Zohran Mamdani
It’s not the progressive stances of the New York City mayoral primary winner. It’s his practical solutions for low- and middle-income communities that appeal to voters
By Oliver Bateman
The Ballot Questions in the 2025 Primary Election
This year’s proposed changes to the Home Rule Charter address homeless services, prison oversight and affordable housing
By Courtney Duchene and Lauren McCutcheon
Vote for Qualified Judges This Election Season
Want to know who they are? Here’s how the Philadelphia Bar Association rates them
By Marc Zucker and Matt OleshYu-Shan Chou, Voting Interpreter
For her deep commitment to making sure immigrant communities are empowered — and represented — Yu-Shan Chou is one of this year’s 2025 Integrity Icons.
By Rachel Wisniewski
Polling Places in Jails
A way to get more people voting and make our communities safer? That’s what happened with a Colorado program Pennsylvania could easily replicate
By Malcolm Burnley
My School Votes …
… thanks, in large part, to the work of the high school winner of Vote That Jawn’s Erinda Sheno Memorial Prize essay contest.
By Miran Andriyevsky
Rethinking the Worst Phrase in History
The college winner of Vote That Jawn’s first Erinda Sheno Memorial Prize wants us to act now in the way we want history to remember us
By Olivia Loudon