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BallotPA Testimony on Bipartisanship for Speaker's Workgroup

BallotPA chair David Thornburgh urged Speaker Rozzi and his bipartisan workgroup members to consider allowing independents to vote in primary elections as a means to ease partisan gridlock.

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Letter to PA Senators: Counties Need Time to Process Ballots

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Public Comment on Resolution No. 120539

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Maddi’s Fridge

by Lois Brandt

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Committee of Seventy Statement on HR 1100

House State Government Committee

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Committee of Seventy's Response to Philadelphia Ethics Board Announcement

C70's response to Ethics Board Announcement regarding their Campaign Finance Regulation (Regulation No. 1)

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The Committee of Seventy's Statement on the Resign to Run Legislation

While the Committee of Seventy has supported efforts to eliminate this provision in the past, the proposal adopted today serves political interests, not the public interest, and undercuts the core reason to revisit this issue at all: increasing competitiveness and accountability in City elections.

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Letter to House State Government Committee on HB1300

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Statement on HR 1032 to Create a Select Committee on Election Integrity

Seventy expresses concern over partisanship, failure to provide ballot-processing time for counties

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Testimony on Proposed Prisons Charter Amendment

Philadelphia City Council | Committee on Law and Government | Bill Nos. 140014 and 140015; Resolution No. 140035

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