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Philly ballot questions both pass, creating a Department of Aviation and giving some high school grads a civil service exam boost
One measure was approved by a slimmer margin than typical.
What brought Philly to the polls this year? Protecting abortion, democracy, and human rights
Voters lined up Tuesday to make their voices heard in the midterms.
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Check the list for your name: Philadelphia ballots with errors, and how to fix them
Voters on this list can get a replacement ballot and return it by 8 p.m. on Nov. 8.
Why Philly had such a big drop in mail ballot requests this year
“What kid likes to fill in bubbles, like a standardized test?” one youth vote organizer said.
This Philadelphia ballot question could help solve the workforce crisis in city government | Opinion
A councilmember and union president make the case for the new civil service credit.
Survivor’s daughter appreciates city apology for Holmesburg prison experiments, urges Penn to do more
“My father was sick when he came home. He was a whole different person."
Here are Philly’s 700+ polling places for the November election
Several dozen have changed since the primary, and over 100 are different than in 2020, so it's good to double check before you head out to vote.
Philadelphia mail ballots will be counted by a mix of workers and machines at a Roosevelt Boulevard facility
Take a peek inside Philly’s ballot processing center.
How Pennsylvania’s biggest political campaigns are reaching Latino voters (or not)
Local organizers caution politicians to not treat Latinos as a monolith.