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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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Can Pranksters Save Democracy?

By Jenna Spinelle April 20, 2021

Our guests this week offer a framework for effective nonviolent organizing by trapping authority figures between a rock and a hard place.

American Democracy: Three Reasons For Resilience

By Ngah Gabriel April 13, 2021

America’s constitution, the separation of powers and federalism are why American democracy is one of the most resilient in the world.

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Podcast: Public Schools, Not Government Schools

By Jenna Spinelle April 13, 2021

Our guest this week argues that, much like democracy itself, public education is an ideal that we’ve never quite lived up to.

What Does Ranked Voting Tell Us?

By Ted Getschman April 11, 2021

Ranked voting election results reveal little about voter desires. Consider a ranked voting result in a race between four candidates.

Will The Gaetz Controversy Engulf Florida’s Governor?

By Steve Schneider April 8, 2021

All allegations involving “pay to play” corruption in the administration have been denied. So have all sex trafficking allegations naming Gaetz.

Podcast: Reforming Criminal Justice From The Inside Out

By Jenna Spinelle April 6, 2021

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner discusses the promise and peril of institutional reform and how he built a coalition of voters.

Don’t Let GOP Destroy Democracy And Crush Hard-Won Rights

By Carroll G. Robinson April 5, 2021

For the past decades, Republicans across our nation have been engaged in a systematic, and modern era attempt at Interposition and Nullification.

What Is Fascism And What Drives It?

By Jack Jones April 2, 2021

What is fascism and what drives it? Since it is in plain sight we are unable to pin it and its drivers down. But quite simply it is greed.

Podcast: Laboratories Of Restricting Democracy

By Jenna Spinelle March 29, 2021

How Republican legislators are pushing shortened mail-in voting windows, expanded voter ID requirements, and other cumbersome administrative changes.

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The Death of a Warlord in the Central African Republic

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The death of Sidiki Abbas of the 3R, one of the most violent warlords in the Central African Republic, was announced earlier this month.

Golf Balls Used To Decide Tied Election In Illinois Town

Golf Balls Used To Decide Tied Election In Illinois Town

April 18, 2021

The clerk of Perry County, Illinois, said it came down to golf balls to break the tie in the conscription’s most recent local elections.

Celebrities Pen Open Plea To Putin For Navalny's Health 

Celebrities Pen Open Plea To Putin For Navalny’s Health 

April 18, 2021

Several celebrities and public figures wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking with him to allow treatment for critic Alexei Navalny.

Study: Using Humor To Combat Science Misinformation

Study: Using Humor To Combat Science Misinformation

April 18, 2021

Science misinformation is difficult to detect. However, a solution can be found in humor according to a new scientific study.

New Musical Traces South Korea’s Democracy Uprising

New Musical Traces South Korea’s Democracy Uprising

April 18, 2021

“Gwangju” is a musical created in 2020 to remember a watershed moment that took place in Korea’s democracy uprising 40 years ago.

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