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The Committee of Seventy's statement regarding the recent petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court seeking to overturn Pennsylvania’s closed primary system.

Join the Committee of Seventy and the People’s Budget Office for a virtual conversation about how cities can make budgeting more transparent, accessible, and responsive to community needs.

The Committee of Seventy’s annual event has become a can’t miss event each fall. This year Seventy will present a hybrid in-person, exclusive cocktail program and live-streamed event, bringing together the fascinating program and networking you expect, in the format you prefer. Featuring Kristen Soltis-Anderson, Rep. James Clyburn, and Michael Smerconish.

Targeted to middle and high school students but open to the general public, Voices of Voting is a short play commissioned by the Committee of Seventy and written and directed by award-winning Philadelphia artistic director David Bradley that ties the personal struggles and political courage of the 1960’s campaign to secure the vote to the present-day challenge of engaging young people in our electoral process.

C70 welcomed over 40 Philadelphians to a community event that celebrating summer-long civic engagement programming for youth across the city.

Join the Committee of Seventy for the launch of a new civic education resource, How the Philadelphia Ward System Works — a clear, practical guide to how wards shape local politics and how residents can run for committee person.

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

PHILADELPHIA – June 26, 2014 – Ellen Mattleman Kaplan has been named Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Committee of Seventy, the Philadelphia-based independent watchdog organization.

The Committee of Seventy applauds Senate State Government Committee Chairs Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) and Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia) and their Senate State Government Committee colleagues for voting to approve today a compromise proposal that improves the redistricting process in Pennsylvania.

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.