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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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…
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York County Caves to Conspiracy Theorist Rhetoric By Hand Counting Ballots
November 8, 2022 YORK, Pa. — All Voting is Local Pennsylvania’s State Director Nick Pressley issued the following statement in response to Pennsylvania’s York County decision to hand count ballots at three random precincts on Thursday: “York County’s decision to hand count ballots on Thursday caves to conspiracy theorist rhetoric and has the potential to…
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Pennsylvania Counties Must Provide Provisional Ballots for Voters Who Submitted Undated Ballot Envelopes
November 7, 2022 PHILADELPHIA — All Voting is Local Pennsylvania sent a letter Monday night to elections officials in 10 counties across the state urging them to allow voters who submitted undated ballot envelopes to cast provisional ballots.. The Pennsylvania Department of State has issued guidance instructing county elections offices to provide a provisional ballot…