Fun With Numbers
Some numbers were running through my head this morning:PA Democratic Registration Advantage, November 1998: 442,671. PA Democratic Registration Advantage, May 2008: 1,014,052Percent of Pennsylvania...
View ArticleI'm Sparta... I am Ed Goppelt!
I'm Ed Goppelt!You are Ed Goppelt. And so are you. And you. And you, too.What am I talking about? Well, we heard from the Solicitor’s Office on Friday about the election returns issue. Specifically,...
View ArticleHmm. This will do.
Mike Nutter is Spartacus! Or, Shelley Smith is... Oh forget it.Anyway, this is pretty cool:Mayor Nutter is now supporting a Penn Law student's effort to get voting results available to everyone on...
View ArticleThe City Commits- in Writing- to Providing Election Returns for All
On Friday afternoon, the City committed to produce electronic election results for all to see. In her interview with Mike Dunn of KYW, City Solicitor Shelley Smith already said they were going to do...
View ArticleHistorical Philadelphia Election Results Online
I sort of knew this was coming, but it is nice to see it out there: At least from 2002-2008, historical election results are now online. And no, the City did not put them there.Stephanie Frank Singer,...
View ArticleElection Day Ballot Lawsuit Filed
Yesterday, the Public Interest Law Center (PILCOP), the NAACP, Voter Action and others filed a lawsuit in Federal Court to make a basic demand for election day: If a division in the City or State has...
View ArticleAre the City Commissioners Going to Disenfranchise My Brother?
My little brother Louie is 21-years old, registered to vote in Philly, and away at college in the Midwest. He has voted before, and like all good U-A’s is excited to vote in Tuesday’s election. Since...
View ArticleYou know, let's not even worry about the City Commissioners office messing up...
On an otherwise very happy Election Day this year, one dark spot was the mess the city made of processing new registrations and absentee ballots.This failure went beyond the expected "I thought I...
View ArticleNeighborhood Networks Endorses Six
Neighborhood Networks has endorsed an impressive and inspiring group of candidates in the Spring primary, all of whom care about social justice and global sustainability in ways that their track...
View ArticleElections Matter; Support Honkala, Boockvar, Schmidt
This is the email that Neighborhood Networks sent to all of its members earlier today:You might not know it from the (lack of) media coverage, but there’s an important election coming on Tuesday,...
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