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Elections

How To: Help Keep Neighborhood Elections Fair

July 24, 2017 Bob Stewart

The primary way democracy thrives and survives is through fair elections. But who exactly is making sure the elections are fair? Is it some far off big-moneyed or well-connected power player? Nope. It’s people from

City Hall

Politics: Hillary for America Campus Organizers Work to Mobilize College Student Votes

November 8, 2016 Elly Perlowitz

The Millennial generation makes up about 31 percent of the voting population for this upcoming election. For this current election cycle both the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, and the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, have voiced

Business

Roxborough: Young Voters Absent From Primary Polls

May 20, 2015

It was a quiet and unusually empty afternoon in the auditorium of the polling station at Ridge Avenue and Rector Street. Located right next to the Roxborough Memorial Hospital, volunteers and poll workers were stationed

City Hall

Politics: Young Politicians and the Republican Reformation

April 23, 2015

As the primary election draws closer, the races are beginning to heat up. The local Republican Party is focusing not on the mayoral race, however, but on the contest for two at-large seats on City

City Hall

City Hall: Al Schmidt Says, “You Don’t Have an Excuse Not to Vote.”

February 9, 2015

  Elections are the foundation of a democratic society. While it might seem as though elections just come together, in reality a tremendous amount of work is required to make them happen. City Commissioner Al

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