Pennsylvania
All Voting is Local Pennsylvania works with and advocates for local election officials to provide all Pennsylvanians with the freedom to vote. We work to prevent conspiracy theorists throughout the state from sabotaging our elections, limiting voter access, and stripping voters of popular measures like voting by mail. All Voting PA works to expand access to the ballot through language access, increased access for justice-impacted voters, and a continued push for the advancement of pro-voter policies.
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Most Pennsylvanians who are incarcerated can vote, and those who have been previously incarcerated can vote as well. All Pennsylvanians deserve to have access to accurate information about their eligibility and the ways in which they can cast a ballot.
FEATURED WORK
In 2023, All Voting advocated for expanded access to the ballot for at least 198,000 voters across Pennsylvania who speak a primary language other than English. Together with the Woori Center, we convened a coalition of more than 15 nonpartisan, immigrant-led organizations to call on Montgomery County, a dense Philadelphia suburb, to create voting materials in multiple languages. Through a nonpartisan candidate questionnaire for the 2023 Montgomery County commissioner election, we secured commitments from all the candidates to provide voting materials in multiple languages – beyond what even federal protections in the Voting Rights Act require. Having a written commitment from the current officeholder leaves us with a firm foothold to expand election material translations into even more languages in 2024, impacting as many as 12,500 voters in the county.
News from Pennsylvania
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Ruling by Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court Preserves Voters’ Rights to Have Their Ballots Counted
September 3, 2024 Washington, D.C. – Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled on Friday that it violates the state constitution to reject a mail-in ballot that is missing or improperly cites a date. In response, All Voting is Local’s Executive Director Hannah Fried issued the following statement: “The Commonwealth Court’s decision is a victory for voters in…
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Voting Rights Groups Demand Pennsylvania Department of State Expand Language Access in Critical 2024 Election
August 29, 2024 PHILADELPHIA – All Voting is Local Pennsylvania, in collaboration with a coalition of nonpartisan, immigrant-led organizations, issued a letter to the Pennsylvania Department of State today to request that it urgently expand language access in voting materials. The letter highlighted the critical need for voter registration and vote-by-mail forms in languages beyond…
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New jail voting coalition established in Pennsylvania to increase access to the polls for justice-impacted people
September 20, 2023 PHILADELPHIA — A new statewide coalition of 18 non-partisan voter access and outreach groups has formed to rectify the blatant disenfranchisement of incarcerated Pennsylvanians. Building on the success of the Philadelphia-based Justice Impacted Voter Engagement (JIVE) program spearheaded by All Voting is Local, the eponymous coalition has expanded to include a statewide…