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Are Yinz Registered to Vote?

I’ve spent the past few days at home with the flu, which has given me plenty of time to watch the Presidential debate previews, documentaries on the candidates, the debates and the debate recaps. Twelve years ago, I had never voted, but a few month after attending a candidate MeetUp at the Church Brew Works, I quit my job and went to work full time on the presidential campaign.

Today, September 27 is National Voter Registration Day, a perfect excuse for a post on registering to vote.

October 11, 2016 is the LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE before the November General Election. If you plan to vote in Pennsylvania on November 8, you MUST submit your voter registration by October 11.

Register to Vote or Update Your Voter Registration in Pennsylvania

Online Voter Registration

This is the first presidential election that you can register to vote online in Pennsylvania. You can register to vote online here: http://bit.ly/25tqFa3.

Paper Voter Registration

Fill out, print and mail a voter registration form. Click here to use our handy voter registration tool provided by RockTheVote.

Are yinz registered to vote? Tue Oct. 11 is the LAST DAY to register in PA to vote in Nov. #votepgh

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Remind Your Friends & Get Involved

RSVP & invite your friends to attend this Election Day Event on Facebook. It is my goal to get 1000 people to RSVP to this event before election day.
Pole 2 Polls: Help craft hand made signage.
Like the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh on Facebook.

Know of other groups or organizations that are planning activities around voter registration or election day? Please leave a comment below.

Help Me Register 1000 New Voters // Kick-off Party at East End Brewing Tap Room on 9/7

Dear Pittsburgh,

I need your help making sure every resident of Pittsburgh is registered to vote in the most fun way possible. Since May, I have been working for NextGen Climate, an organization that is working to elect climate change champions across the country.

Before I tell you about some of the fun stuff, I want to share two reasons why I think this is an important issue for Pittsburgh and Western PA.

The environment matters – we cannot just keep, keeping on with the way things are going. We can’t keep throwing plastic into landfills and look the other way. I’ve been an occasional bring your own bag person to the the grocery store. A few years ago I helped with a riverfront clean up where we picked up trash from the banks of the Allegheny river. After spending hours picking up shredded plastic bags and styrofoam cups from the bank of the river just below Station Square, I’ve been making an effort to be the shopper who almost-always-brings-her-own-bag. This election is about a lot more than just plastic bag reduction. We have made great strides in cleaning things up and we need to make sure we are doing more, not less to protect the environment.
The economic opportunity – there is an incredible economic opportunity in clean energy. Western Pa was and in some respects still is an industrial center of the country. Pittsburgh is also a leader in innovation. There is an huge opportunity for job creation and better community creation in the clean energy economy. And we need to make sure we are talking about how to make sure Pittsburgh is front and center in that sector.

You can read more about what NextGen Climate be been doing here in Pennsylvania in this Post-Gazette article from August 14, 2016.

Voter Registration Festivities

I am setting the personal goal of making sure we register 1000 new voters between now and the voter registration deadline on October 11, 2016. I need your help! What community events are happening where we can set up a voter registration table? What events would you like to see happen between now and October 11?

NextGen Climate Pittsburgh Kick-Off on Wednesday, September 7

To get things started, NextGen Climate has rented out the East End Brewing Tap room for a kick-off event on Wednesday, September 7, 2016. If you would like to learn more about NextGen Climate and how you can get involved – please join me for a beer, some food and to sweeten the deal, some Leona’s ice cream sandwiches.

I can assure that no fundraising will be required. Just FUN. RSVP here: http://bit.ly/2bFdWJF.

NextGen Climate Pittsburgh Kick-off

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

5:30-8pm

East End Brewing’s new location in the Strip District, 102 19th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

FREE! Free beer, food and Leona’s ice cream sandwiches

Please RSVP here: http://bit.ly/2bFdWJF (Facebook event for sharing with your friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/674833072663983/)

Can’t make the kick-off but want to help? Fill out this quick google form: https://goo.gl/forms/azIENPtvbQgwNRi13.

Have questions about NextGen Climate and/or voter registration? Drop me an email: lindsay.patross@nextgenclimate.org. Please follow NextGen Climate on Facebook, Twitter @NextGenPA & join the Pittsburgh Climate Action Voter MeetUp group for more info.

As much as I want to, I can’t eat all of the Leona’s Ice Cream Sandwiches by myself, so I hope to see you on Wednesday! Don’t forget to RSVP here.

With love, from and for Pittsburgh,

Lindsay

Tue May 14 is the Deadline to Apply for an Absentee Ballot

If you are going to be out of town on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 you need to vote by absentee ballot. The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 5:00pm.

Get all of the details on applying for an absentee ballot at votePGH here.

If you have not yet signed the votePGH pledge please take a moment to visit votePGH.org and sign the pledge. We are working to make sure we have at least 1 pledge from each neighborhood. Take a look at the neighborhood’s list here. We’ve got 50+ more neighborhoods that need to pledge.

If You Love Pgh – You Have to Vote – Mon 4/22 is the Last Day To Register to Vote

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 is Primary Election Day – and it is an important election. Residents of the city of Pittsburgh will be voting for our next mayor. The next 33 days of campaigning provide an incredible opportunity for the city of Pittsburgh to talk about what this city should look like going forward.

You have 4 days left to register to vote or to update your voter registration.

Important Dates for the May Primary Election

Monday, April 22, 2013 – Last day to register to vote before the May Primary Election
Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 5pm – Last day to request an absentee ballot for the Primary Election
Friday, May 17, 2013, 5pm – Absentee ballots must be returned to Department of Elections
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 – Primary Election Day

A complete calendar of election dates is available from the Allegheny County Department of Elections here.

How to Register to Vote or Update Your Voter Registration

You can fill out a voter registration form online and print it out and mail it in. There are two great websites that can help you with your voter registration.

1. TurboVote

I just learned about this website a few weeks ago. TurboVote is a super simple to use website – you put in your address and they will send you email reminders about voting deadlines. Attached to the email is a PDF of voter regsitration form that is already filled in with your information. All you need to do if open the PDF, print it out, sign it and mail it to the county board of elections.

I have signed up for TurboVote and they do not send any extra emails. The image here is of the email I received yesterday.

2. Rock The Vote

Click here or the image below to access a out the voter registration form (via Rock The Vote website). Neither IheartPGH or Rock The Vote collects any of your information – we can only see how many people used the link to fill out a registration form.

Learn More About The Candidates

The four democratic candidates for mayor in the 2013 Primary Election are:

Are you registered to vote?

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Today, Monday October 4 is the last day to register to vote before the November 2010 election day.

This November you will be voting for the following offices:

PA Governor

Tom Corbett, Republican

Dan Onorato, Democratic

Lieutenant Governor

Jim Cawley, Republican

H. Scott Conklin, Democratic

US Senate

Joe Sestak, Democratic

Pat Toomey, Republican

US Congress – candidates are based on your address

State Representative – candidates are based on your address

You can see your exact ballot at SmartVoter.org – just put in your address and it will list your ballot.

Register to VOTE NOW – click here on the button below and fill out the easy form and mail it in – that is all you have to do. We don’t keep any of your data