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Statement on Proposed Election Reforms

Seventy addresses Senate Bill 224

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Lesson 1: Is the right to vote guaranteed?

It's not as simple as you think. (20 minutes)

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City Green

by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan

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Spring 2025 District Attorney Candidate Forum

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM, the Committee of Seventy, along with WHYY News, the Philadelphia Bar Association, and other civic partners, is hosting an in-person forum between the two Democratic candidates for Philadelphia District Attorney: incumbent District Attorney Larry Krasner and former Municipal Court Judge Pat Dugan. The conversation will be moderated by Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, legal analyst and journalist, and Cherri Gregg, civil rights attorney and award-winning journalist.

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The Youngest Marcher

by Cynthia Levinson

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C70 President and CEO Al Schmidt to Receive Presidential Citizens Medal

The medal, the second-highest civilian award given by our government, recognizes extraordinary efforts to protect American democracy.

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I Am Somebody

by Nyasha Williams

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Committee of Seventy Statement on House Bill 1396

The Committee of Seventy’s statement on House Bill 1396, an omnibus election code modernization bill.

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Killing PGW Deal Cowardly and an Affront to City Taxpayers

PHILADELPHIA – October 27, 2014 – The Committee of Seventy called Philadelphia City Council’s unilateral decision today to kill a proposed $1.86 billion sale of the Philadelphia Gas Works without a public hearing an affront to the taxpayers of Philadelphia.

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SEVENTY LAUNCHES NEW 1-855-SEVENTY HOTLINE

Will Offer Year-Round Customer Service on Elections and Voting

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