Topic: Voting

Thanks to the efforts led by Drexel’s undergraduate student president, the university will for the first time give students the day off for voting and engagement on Election Day 2024, the latest in a string of election advocacy successes.

Voter turnout in the biggest city of our key swing state is trending dangerously downward. Is Philly about to end democracy after saving it four years ago? Governor Shapiro has a warning for us

12 steps to running a safe, legal and successful voter registration sign up by the general election deadline

Everything you need to know about voting in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania — including how to fix a flawed mail-in / absentee ballot

The Citizen’s 2023 Block Captain of the Year gets her neighbors to vote in record numbers, and makes sure the block isn’t just clean — it’s beautiful.

Screw Giving Tuesday. We proclaim it Democracy Monday. Can you help us reach our $10,000 goal?

A former mayor on how last week’s Supreme Court rulings targeting Affirmative Action, the LGBTQ+ community, and student loan debt should remind us of the power of the ballot box

Is mandatory voting — the law in Australia, Belgium, Brazil and other countries — an idea we should steal to boost election turnout? (Also: Democracy sausage!)

More than 60 percent of voters are over 50. That’s just one reason, the AARP’s state director says, candidates should listen to them

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