Election Reform Organizations in Pennsylvania - Volunteer!
Statewide Election Integrity Groups
PA Verified Voting
VotePA
Statewide Alliance of Groups and Individuals Committed to Voting Rights and Election Integrity
Pennsylvania Voters Who Count
The Parallel Election (PE) Project
"We are organizing to place Parallel Election Pollworkers (PEPs) at as many polling stations as possible."
Other Statewide Organizations interested in Election Protection and Reform
ACORN
Common Cause PA
PFAW
PA Ballot Access Coalition
Election Protection Campaigns in Pennsylvania
Election Integrity Candidate
PA Pollworkers For Democracy
Election Protection 365
Election Integrity Discussion Groups
VotePA Pennsylvania Yahoo Group
VoteAllegheny Group (Allegheny County)
Save Our Vote Group (Bucks County Coalition For Voting Integrity)
Election Integrity County Groups
ALLEGHENY
VoteAllegheny
The Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP)
BERKS
Democracy For Berks
BUCKS
Coalition For Voting Integrity
(chapters in Chester, Lehigh, Northampton, and Beaver)
CENTRE
Concerned Voters of Centre County
DELAWARE
Delaware County For A Better Democracy
MERCER
Mercer County Citizens For Better Government
MONTGOMERY
Montgomery County Election Reform Network -- contact sstrahs at aol.com
Critical Races to Watch
(D) Democrat (R) Republican
(G) Green (IN) Independent
(L) Libertarian (I) Incumbent
House
| PA6 | Lois Murphy (D) | Jim Gerlach (R)(I) | |
| PA7 | Joe Sestak (D) | Curt Weldon (R)(I) | |
| PA8 | Pat Murphy (D) | Mike Fitzpatrick (R)(I) | |
| PA10 | Chris Carney (D) | Don Sherwood (R)(I) | |
| PA12 | John Murtha (D)(I) | Diana Irey (R) | Red Gabe Ross (G) |
| PA13 | Allyson Schwartz (D)(I) | Raj Bhakta (R) |
Senate
| Rick Santorum (R)(I) | Bob Casey (D) | Ved Dookhum |
Governor
| Ed Rendell (D)(I) | Lynn Swann (R) | Osborne Hart |
Call to Action!!!!!
Provisional Ballots
Introduced by federal law in 2002 as part of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), the provisional ballot was designed for voters whose registration was in question. Initially proposed by the Congressional Black Caucus, it was to save the rights of those wrongly purged from voter rolls.
HAVA provisional ballot law allows election officials to give provisional ballots to any persons who:
- show up at the polls on Election Day but find that, for whatever reason, their names are not on the voter rolls; or
- have their right to vote challenged by an election official. (Note: In many locations it’s not just election officials, but also partisan observers who challenge voters).
ACTION: Check with www.CanIVote.org to see if you are registered. They also need to ensure their ID matches the voter registration name exactly. Voters can be challenged over minor things, such as a middle initial on their ID while the voter roll has a full middle name listed. Next, check to be sure your polling place has not moved.
New Voter Identification Laws
Many states have passed laws that require citizens to provide a photo identification piece proving that they are indeed citizens. A driver’s license and a birth certificate are inadequate because the former doesn’t prove citizenship and the latter doesn’t provide a photo. A passport does qualify. As the state supreme courts review these new laws, many have already been struck down as unconstitutional because they are barriers to voting.
ACTION: All citizens should check with their Elections office to find out what the current requirements are. If a photo ID is required, a protest should be lodged as to the unconstitutionality of the law.
Join the Transparency Project
http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6389
For a daily update of election news in your state go to www.votersunite.org, click on "Daily Voting News" for the appropriate date and a set of news articles will come up listed alphabetically by state.
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