What does it mean when a judge is “up for retention”? Why are these elections so important—and so often overlooked? Join the Committee of Seventy for a virtual conversation with Debbie Gross, President and CEO of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, to get answers to these questions and more.

The Committee of Seventy spoke with City Commissioners and poll workers about the importance of poll working in our democracy.

Highlights from the Committee of Seventy’s 2023 Women in Public Leadership program.

Check out C70’s full day of election programming! We talked to people and organizations working to protect our democracy and promote local government, ranging from an urban planner to a student voting advocate and lots of folks in between!

PA Youth Vote and Committee of Seventy are hosting nonpartisan live interviews of political candidates by students in PA public high schools!

Did you know judges are elected in Pennsylvania? The Philadelphia Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Commission evaluates the qualifications of judicial candidates to help voters make an informed decision at the ballot box. C70 welcomes Chimdi Tuffs and Matt Olesh of the Campaign for Qualified Judges for a conversation about the judicial rating process, why electing…

Watch the livestream from 6-7pm on November 21st of our program, Investing in Democracy: Patriotic Philanthropy and the Business Case for Civic Participation

Ever wonder how your mail-in ballot is counted in Pennsylvania? This video explains how ballots are collected, processed, and counted by county election offices.

The Committee of Seventy, PA Youth Vote, and the League of Women Voters welcomed over 200 high school students from Philadelphia for a celebration of National Vote Early Day at City Hall.

Many say our political polarization is the worst it’s ever been, that corruption is rampant, that they don’t know who to trust. But we don’t have to feel this way. Because the people who make democracy happen—who run elections and staff polling places and work every day to make our union more perfect—they’re us. They’re…