Pennsylvania's Identity Crisis: Rushed Implementation of Voter ID Law Putting...
Teaser: August 3, 2012With three months to go until the General Election, a survey of practices at PennDOT license centers indicates barriers that may make it difficult for Pennsylvanians to obtain...
View ArticleDespite Court Ruling, State Should Still Delay Voter ID Law
Teaser: August 15, 2012“We’re disappointed by the ruling and again urge the Corbett administration to take a step back and delay implementation of this law until the commonwealth can ensure that every...
View ArticleMoving Target: Pennsylvania’s Flawed Implementation of the Voter ID Law
Teaser: September 26, 2012The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is still falling short in its implementation of a requirement in the state’s strict new Voter ID Law that a photo ID be made available free of...
View ArticleMEMO: Analysis of the PA Senate Redistricting Commission Plan and the Folmer...
Teaser: The redistricting process created by Senator Mike Folmer’s version of SB 22 passed by the Senate State Government Committee last week does initially look like a move toward nonpartisan...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: On the State of SB22, the Redistricting Reform Bill
Teaser: HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center released the following statement from Director Marc Stier on the current state of SB22, the redistricting reform bill:“The current version...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: On the Supreme Court Janus v. AFSCME Decision
HARRISBURG — Keystone Research Center Executive Director Stephen Herzenberg andPennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement regarding today's Janus v. AFSCME...
View ArticleVoter Mandates Costly to Taxpayer
Teaser: May 10, 2011Experience from other states suggests that voter ID laws are a burden for voters and an expense that cash-strapped states can ill afford, particularly when the need has not been...
View ArticleNew Data Suggest Hundreds of Thousands Could Be Disenfranchised by...
Teaser: July 6, 2012New figures from the state show that 759,000 registered voters do not have current PennDOT-issued photo identification, which could result in a large number of Pennsylvania voters...
View ArticleRELEASE: The We The People – PA Policy Agenda and the 2018 Midterm Election
Teaser: HARRISBURG - Something different happened in state legislative elections this year. Instead of running only on local issues, over 120 General Assembly candidates from every corner of the state...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: This Isn't The Redistricting Reform We Need
Teaser: Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement regarding the resurfacing of SB22, a bill to change how legislative redistricting is done in...
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