Category Archives: Voting

Redistricting, 2021

Posted on September 14, 2021 by politicswestchesterview

Pennsylvania will soon be updating its PA House and Senate and US House districts for the next ten years. Why? Because districts at each level of federal and state legislatures are supposed to have roughly equal population, and need to … Continue reading →

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Gerrymandering is the real election fraud

Posted on October 18, 2016 by politicswestchesterview

Today I needed to remember where congressional district 7 is. Over there to the east of West Chester, right? Right. I looked it up. But it’s also south, west and north of West Chester. On this map of the local … Continue reading →

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Groucho Marx and the primary season of our discontent

Posted on February 19, 2016 by politicswestchesterview

Here are some thoughts for the season, as we all try to make sense of the American way of choosing finalists in our quadrennial elections sweepstakes. And of course, 50 states and 8 territories have their own rules. 1) The … Continue reading →

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How the system works: who gets on the ballot?

Posted on May 19, 2015 by politicswestchesterview

In honor of primary election day (today), I am reposting this, first posted in the Times of Chester County. People go in to vote every May and November (at least, that’s what both major parties hope they do). But voters … Continue reading →

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Two thoughts from Sinclair and Hightower

Posted on December 18, 2014 by politicswestchesterview

Upton Sinclair said in 1935: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” Do we need to know more to see why, in the age of Citizens United, the … Continue reading →

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Promises, promises

Posted on November 2, 2013 by politicswestchesterview

Here’s my current favorite campaign promise, from at least two West Chester Borough Council candidates’ mailers: Balanced budgets without raising taxes (their emphasis). Well, great. Who could oppose that? If anyone knew that secret, think how much better things would … Continue reading →

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Happy National Voter Registration Day

Posted on September 25, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

Today, September 25, is National Voter Registration Day. See more here. There is a voter registration drive all day today, 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., at Sykes Union, West Chester University, and others around the county and state. We all … Continue reading →

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Keep the media out of polling places

Posted on August 28, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

Today’s (Aug. 28) print Daily Local has a 5-line blerb “Advocates support newspaper lawsuit,” which, for those who know how, can be expanded by smart-phone technology into the AP article “Right-to-know group opposes Pa. poll-access limits,” which even those of … Continue reading →

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