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Stephanie Singer - City Commissioner of Philadelphia

Stephanie Singer is a former City Commissioner of Philadelphia and worked to modernize the office, introducing improved hiring practices, encouraging digital distribution of public elections data, and promoting free and fair elections.

My Podcast Conversation About Power, Voting and Identity Politics

by Stephanie Singer - September 5, 2018

Power, Voting and Identity Politics

This podcast, part of the podcast series Bridging Our Divide, gave me a chance to talk about power, voting, identity politics and my experience in Philadelphia. Let me know what you think!

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Democracy Protests, Voter Access

Thrown Off the Ballot After Four Years in Office

by Stephanie Singer - October 13, 2015

Thrown Off the Ballot After Four Years

I can’t thank you enough for your attention to my re-election campaign this year. As disappointing as it was to be thrown off the ballot, I know that the campaign was not in vain. Nor were the four years in office.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, American Local Elections, Democrats, Nepotism

For Philadelphia Voter Choice and Ballot Access

by Stephanie Singer - April 24, 2015

Philadelphia Voter Choice

Yesterday a court ruling definitively silenced the voices of the one-thousand-plus Philadelphia Democrats who signed my nomination petition. The ruling also denied the rights of many thousands more to cast a regular vote

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Voter Access, Voter ID

What Would My Hero Louis Brandeis Do?

by Stephanie Singer - January 30, 2015

American hero Louis Brandeis

My hero Louis Brandeis was a distinguished Supreme Court Justice from 1916 to 1939. Many people know his words: “Sunlight is the best of disinfectants”.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, American Local Elections, Election History, Election Transparency, Supreme Court

Challenging the Philadelphia City Commissioner Race

by Stephanie Singer - December 4, 2014

Philadelphia City Commissioner's office

I have news. Marge Tartaglione’s daughter, Renee Tartaglione, has informed us she is going to challenge all the hard work I’ve done to clean up the City Commissioner’s office by running against me in next year’s primary.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections

Government Emails: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Save No Evil

by Stephanie Singer - October 16, 2014

Government Email Secrecy and Transparency

When I took office as City Commissioner in 2012, my emails were archived automatically, as I expected. But since 2013 I have been unable to retrieve emails more than 50 days old. Emails deleted as a matter of course.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Election Transparency

How Offering Free Voter Guides Increase Turnout

by Stephanie Singer - October 3, 2014

Free Voter Guides Philadelphia

I have been fighting for this handbook, and this kind of voter-focused initiative, ever since I took office. Yesterday was a major victory for the voters. Thank you for your support, which makes this progress possible.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Absentee and Mail Voting, American Local Elections, Education, Voter Access, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout

On Helping Loved Ones Request Absentee Ballots

by Stephanie Singer - September 17, 2014

Helping Loved Ones Request Absentee Ballots Friends Meme

Help the people you love push for the issues they care about by reminding them to request absentee ballots. Follow up by reminding them to vote and return the ballot.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Absentee and Mail Voting, Democracy Charity, Military Voting, Minority Voting Rights, Voter Access, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout

A Summer Adventure Testing Store Voting Promotion

by Stephanie Singer - August 18, 2014

Store Voting Promotion Stephanie Singer

We brought registration forms and absentee ballot request forms. We asked the businesses to take a few, and to let us know when they ran out. We expected that we would have to sell the idea. We shouldn’t have been surprised by how thoughtful the business owners and managers were.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Absentee and Mail Voting, American Local Elections, Voter Access, Voter Registration

Why Returning Citizens Can and Should Vote in Pennsylvania

by Stephanie Singer - July 13, 2014

Philly Returning resident

We couldn’t call ourselves a democracy if we disenfranchised 30% of Philadelphia’s adult citizens – more than one in every four. That’s how many “ex-offender”, “previously convicted”, “returning citizens” live in Philadelphia. Almost 300,000.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Felon Voting, Voter Access, Voter Turnout

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Harnessing The Power Of “We The People” On Independence Day

By Jenna Spinelle July 3, 2022

Democracy does not have a singular definition, which is one of the things that makes it so interesting to me — and undoubtedly to many of you.

Florida Doesn’t Need a Speech Czar

By Steve Schneider June 28, 2022

Full disclosure: I’m a liberal Democrat. So, I won’t be sending in my vote-by-mail ballot for Ron DeSantis in November. Nor will I vote for him in 2024.

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Introducing: When The People Decide

By Jenna Spinelle June 25, 2022

Several activists and average citizens have changed their communities and the country by taking important issues directly to votes.

Democracy’s Summer Blockbusters

By Jenna Spinelle June 8, 2022

The summer will be legally and politically charged particularly with the January 6 committee hearings scheduled to begin June 9.

Can American Democracy Have Nice Things?

By Jenna Spinelle June 7, 2022

Universal voting would be the surest way to protect against voter suppression and the active disenfranchisement of a large share of our citizens.

PODCAST: Baby Boomers And American Gerontocracy

By Jenna Spinelle May 23, 2022

Older and younger voters are increasingly at odds: Republicans as a whole skew gray-haired, and within the Democratis, the left-leaning youth vote.

A Dangerous Reprise Of American Exceptionalism In Ukraine

By Jamie Lampidis May 15, 2022

The stakes are too high to cave into Putin’s phantasmatic imperial play, and too high to believe that this war can be won by arming Ukrainians.

On The Coming End Of Roe v. Wade

By Peter J. Dellolio May 11, 2022

Anyone who says that the evolution of law has nothing to do with politics is either very corrupt or very stupid. Laws evolved through the centuries.

Goodbye Roe v. Wade, Goodbye Rule Of Law

By Andrew Straw May 5, 2022

Congress should impeach judges who act like that because it is not good behavior, and they were asked not to act that way when they were confirmed.

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India: Why Are Punjab Political Singers Under Attack?

India: Why Are Punjab Political Singers Under Attack?

June 8, 2022

The murder of Sidhu Moose Wala has brought attention to the link between Punjabi music and India’s cross-border criminal networks.

University Educated Less Likely To Endorse Authoritarianism

University Educated Less Likely To Endorse Authoritarianism

June 4, 2022

Higher education is now seen as a new political cleavage, with level of education increasingly important in describing political attitudes.

From Cake To Volunteers, Welcome To Australia’s Democracy Day

From Cake To Volunteers, Welcome To Australia’s Democracy Day

May 25, 2022

The atmosphere in the interstate polling booth in Sydney’s inner east resembled that of an emergency room waiting for a donor organ.

Kenyan 'Cartooning For Peace' To Draw Africa Towards Democracy

Kenyan ‘Cartooning For Peace’ To Draw Africa Towards Democracy

May 17, 2022

Cartooning is an art that has been playing a major role in illustrating stories in different ways, from health to politics, and even sports.

Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers' Anxiety, Even Online

Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers’ Anxiety, Even Online

May 17, 2022

Organizational leader’s tweets can influence employee anxieties and this effect is more prominent since the rise of COVID-19, study.

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