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Committee of Seventy Statement on Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 2, 2015) - Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams today reminded voters to call the District Attorney’s Election Fraud Task Force if they experience any difficulty casting their ballot. The office’s hotline numbers are 215-686-9641,9643 or 9644. And, while joined by President and CEO of the Committee of Seventy David Thornburgh, he reminded all Philadelphians that they need to vote tomorrow.

Mock election brought hands-on voting to classrooms, encouraging future civic participation

Letter to General Assembly: Urgent Election Code Fixes Needed for Counties and Voters

To help students discover the breadth and variety of values that Americans hold dear. Then, to help them notice and discuss how sometimes those values can come into tension, not necessarily as a matter of good vs. evil, but more as a matter of competing goods.

(Philadelphia, PA) More than 950 high-school students from 22 high schools in Philadelphia and Montgomery County are participating in Committee of Seventy’s expanded Election Ambassador Corps trainings this spring. That’s more than a 50% increase from the number who participated last fall. The students prepared to serve as Election Ambassadors more than 1,000 polling places near their homes on Pennsylvania’s Primary Day, April 26.

With a plurality of voters — 20% — still undecided, the election’s results are far from predetermined.

Preparing Philadelphia for the November 2020 Election | City Council Legislative Oversight Committee

Written Testimony on Redistricting Reform | Senate State Government Committee