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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

September 5, 2018 by Stephanie Singer Leave a Comment

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

October 13, 2015 by Stephanie Singer Leave a Comment

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

April 24, 2015 by Stephanie Singer Leave a Comment

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?

January 30, 2015 by Stephanie Singer Leave a Comment

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

December 4, 2014 by Stephanie Singer Leave a Comment

Philadelphia To Use Electronic Poll Books In This Year's Election

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

October 16, 2014 by Stephanie Singer Leave a Comment

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

October 3, 2014 by Stephanie Singer Leave a Comment

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

September 17, 2014 by Stephanie Singer Leave a Comment

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

August 18, 2014 by Stephanie Singer 1 Comment

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

July 13, 2014 by Stephanie Singer Leave a Comment

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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