Committee of Seventy CEO David Thornburg testified before Philadelphia's Law and Government Committee on October 24 to discuss the implications of a new small-dollar matching scheme for city elections. Good idea, but lots of questions.
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Seventy President David Thornburgh submitted written comments urging the House State Government Committee to consider creating an independent and impartial citizen commission to restore faith and transparency to the decennial redistricting process.
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The Committee of Seventy applauds the initiative taken by the Philadelphia Board of Ethics and City Council to improve the city’s campaign finance ordinance and urges this Committee to vote in favor of Bill 150368.
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With the 2015 municipal elections already underway, Seventy commends the Ethics Board for proposing amendments to its regulation interpreting the city’s campaign finance law.
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The Committee of Seventy applauds City Council for taking up this long overdue reform of Philadelphia’s gifts rules. We urge Council to amend the proposed gifts rules to impose limits on the acceptance by city officers and employees of gifts from their non-city employers who have an interest in, or are seeking, city business. For consistency, the financial limits should mirror those set in other sections of the gifts rule.
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The Committee of Seventy reluctantly supports amending the Charter’s requirement that city elected officials must resign before running for another public office because Philadelphians desperately need more good candidates to choose from and this measure is likely to foster more competition.
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Seventy urges the Board not to endorse this regulation as it is proposed.
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The Committee of Seventy urges this Presidential Commission to create standards, and issue a set of recommendations, that are designed to result in local elections that conform with the most modern and up-to-date voting practices, are free of partisanship and patronage, are operated with the greatest efficiency, and by people with an unwavering commitment to extraordinary customer service.
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Resolution No. 120539 proposes that City Council conduct hearings to discuss increasing pay for Election Day poll workers in Philadelphia.
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