New Pennsylvania Project

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New Pennsylvania Project
Formation2021
Type Nonprofit (501(c)4)
Purpose Voter registration
Voting rights
Region
Pennsylvania
Website https://www.newpaproject.org/

The New Pennsylvania Project works to register voters regardless of party, with a focus on people of color and young people. [1] In addition to voter engagement, the organization also has a major focus on voting rights. [2] The organization applauded the switch to automatic voter registration in 2023 in Pennsylvania, [3] and expressed concern that efforts to make voting more difficult endangers American democracy. [4]

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The organization registered over 20,000 voters ahead of the 2022 midterms, [5] and 40,000 voters as of May 1, 2024. [6]

The project was founded in 2021 and modeled after voter mobilization efforts like the New Georgia Project. [1] Kadida Kenner is the CEO. [7]

In December 2024, the district attorney of Delaware County, Jack Stollsteimer, announced that a paid staffer for the New Pennsylvania Project used an app to register 324 people for the 2024 election, of which 129 were not successful. The staffer, Jennifer Hill, was arrested on felony forgery, public records tampering, and voter registration-related charges for fraudulently registering dead people, including her own father. [8] [9] [ better source needed ][ undue weight? – discuss ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gregg, Cherri (September 10, 2022). "New Pennsylvania Project works to get all voters engaged". WHYY . Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  2. ↑ Ford, Matt (December 7, 2021). "Six Heroic Defenders of Democracy". The New Republic. ISSN   0028-6583 . Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  3. ↑ Levy, Marc (2023-10-01). "Pennsylvania governor's voter registration change draws Trump's ire in echo of 2020 election clashes". AP News. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  4. ↑ Sherman, Amy (January 31, 2022). "More GOP bills seek to overhaul voting laws in battlegrounds". @politifact. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  5. ↑ McDuffie, Will (November 5, 2022). "In Pennsylvania Senate race, Fetterman, Oz make last-minute push for Black voters". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  6. ↑ Acevedo, Nicole (2024-05-01). "How a post falsely claiming migrants are registering to vote spread to millions in four weeks". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  7. ↑ Eichmann, Mark (May 1, 2023). "Last chance to register to vote in Philadelphia's municipal primary". WHYY. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  8. ↑ Creitz, Charles (December 24, 2024). "PA woman charged with trying to register dead people, including own father, to vote" . Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  9. ↑ Rose, Alex (December 19, 2024). "2 charged with election-related offenses in Delaware County". The Delaware County Daily Times . Retrieved 2024-12-19.
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