Happy Holidays to All! Tis the season to give. And what valuable gifts we do give! Our time, energy and spirit are but a few of the presents we offer our community. The New Year promises to be at minimum, memorable and at best, historical, as our nation embarks on its mission to elect the […]
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It Is Judicial Election Season…And Judges Matter
“Pennsylvania is the only state in the country to hold judicial elections solely in odd-numbered years. This year, 2015, three of the seven seats on the state supreme court are up for election. Additionally, there is one vacancy on both the Pennsylvania Superior Court and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the state’s two intermediate appellate […]
Online Voter Registration
Making Democracy Work in the 21st Century By Susan Carty, Board President, League of Women Voters Pennsylvania Remember the last time you registered to vote? It probably involved a trip to the post office to get a form, completing that form, mailing the form in and then receiving confirmation from the Secretary of State’s office […]
President’s Message May/June 2015
PRIMARY 2015: IT’S JUDICIAL CANDIDATE DECISION TIME How does the average voter have any knowledge of the qualifications of candidates for State Supreme Court? Pennsylvania voters have the historical opportunity to choose 3 new judges to the highest and oldest court in the Commonwealth. A situation that has not occurred for about 300+ years! The […]
Election is over and the results are in. What does it all mean?
What were those 46.6% registered Chester County voters thinking? Was it the issues? The party? Or even more so, was it the money? More than likely a combination of factors, of which the overall impact in the distant future is not clearly understood. For our own education, we can all develop a deeper understanding by […]