PA Election Transparency Project
Purpose
The purpose of the Pennsylvania Election Transparency Project is to collect, analyze and disseminate publicly available election-related data in Pennsylvania. The Project operates under the auspices of the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism, and contributions are tax-deductible. Please make your check out to "PA Election Transparency Project" and mail it to Campaign Scientific, 250 S. 17th St. #701, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Or donate via PayPal by clicking on the button below.Current Activity
In fall 2007 we began a voter file oversight project. The purpose is to check for discrepancies between county records and the SURE system and to monitor the voter files for purges of voters.History
In 2007 we started a public outcry that convinced Governor Ed Rendell to reverse a misguided state policy restricting access to database of polling place locations statewide.
In the summer of 2006, responding to a lawsuit we filed under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dropped the price of the statewide voter file from $1340 to $20. (To order voter files, follow these instructions or contact us.) Voter files cannot be posted on the Web.
We have collected precinct-level data for several recent elections. We have convinced several counties in Pennsylvania to lower their voter file prices to the maximum legally allowable price.
The PA Election Transparency Project began in 2005 with private funding.