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Voting & Elections 09.25.2023

Opinion: Pennsylvania moves toward more accessible democracy

Common Cause Pennsylvania celebrates the implementation of automatic voter registration and highlights calls to repeal our closed primary system.

Media & Democracy 05.12.2023

New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts

Jill Greene speaks with the Associated Press about Twitter's decision to overhaul its verification system, and the impact that this will have on election information.

Unequal election policies disenfranchised some Pennsylvania voters in 2022. Explore what each county did.

The counties make their own policies on drop boxes, fixing mail ballots, and more. Votebeat's maps show the uneven landscape that gives Pennsylvanians additional voting options based on where they live.

Voting & Elections 02.9.2023

Pennsylvania voting officials are still fighting election deniers

Khalif Ali talks with NPR about how Pennsylvania is fighting against falsehoods about our elections.

Voting & Elections 04.26.2022

Independent voters now number more than 1 million and account for 15% of all registered voters, yet they are shut out of casting a primary ballot for key positions like governor and U.S. senator.

That’s one of the reasons why Ballot PA — a coalition of civic and community organizations including Common Cause PA, the League of Women Voters, and the Committee of Seventy — has launched a campaign to open Pennsylvania’s closed primary system.

Voting & Elections 10.22.2021

‘Our information is at stake,’ Keith Whitson, an attorney for the interveners, said in court Friday

If the subpoena is approved, Griffin, Robinson, and Khalif Ali, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, said their respective groups would have to shift resources to educate voters on security and what to do if their information is compromised.

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