There’s No Need for More Voter ID Requirements in PA
Additional voter ID requirements would restrict the forms of personal identification voters can use to register and to...
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Your Vote Matters—Here’s How to Make Sure It’s Counted
Tuesday, November 8, is Election Day. Please make your plan to vote—and if you have already voted by mail, make...
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It’s Easier to Vote for PA Legislators Than You Think
Pennsylvania has a very long ballot. And voters often know little about the candidates for representative or senator in...
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The Big Lie Is the Problem, Not Nonprofit Funding of PA Elections
Senate Bill 982, introduced by Senators Baker and Phillips-Hill, looks like an innocuous bill to ban “third-party funding” of...
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STATEMENT: Commonwealth Court Decision on Act 77 Points To Crisis of Democracy
For Immediate Release January 28, 2022 Contact: Kirstin Snow STATEMENT: Commonwealth Court Decision on Act 77 Points...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – February 4 , 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Last Friday, as many of you saw, the Fern Hollow bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed because...
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The Outrageous Decision on Vote by Mail
The party-line Commonwealth Court decision declaring mail-in ballots unconstitutional is immediately outrageous and portends a deepening crisis in our...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – January 10, 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR This last week, we marked the anniversary of “January 6th” when insurrectionists stormed the U.S....
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC — November 15, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR In Washington, President Biden just signed the bipartisan infrastructure law. Read more here about what it...
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MEMO: PA House Bill 1800 Is Voter Suppression and Its Amendments Are Shameful
To: Members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly From: Marc Stier, Director, PA Budget and Policy Center Re: HB 1800...
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STATEMENT- Why PA House Bill 1300 Is a Clear Attempt to Restrict Voting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2021 Contact: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennbpc.org STATEMENT- Why PA House Bill 1300 Is a Clear...
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Protecting our Democracy in 2021: H.R. 1 – For The People Act
Participation is critical to representation. The House of Representatives just passed H.R. 1, the “For the People Act,” which...
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