On January 20th, 2026, Bucks County Beacon published an op-ed titled “As Long as We Have the Vote, We Have Hope” written by founding CEO Kadida Kenner.
“But there’s far too many people not voting and making their voices heard at the ballot box, warns New Pennsylvania Project CEO Kadida Kenner.
Coming off the heels of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the realization of his dream remains deferred, but not denied if we enact commonsense policies and civically engage the entire voting age population.
According to the Pennsylvania voter file data and the U.S. Census voting age population, there are still approximately 1.5 million Pennsylvanians who are eligible to vote, but not currently registered. The staggering number expands to 2 million when factoring in the young citizens who turn 18 years old by this November’s election, and the currently registered who are slated for removal from the voter rolls due to inactivity (typically defined as five years of no voting history).”
Read more:
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2026/01/as-long-as-we-have-the-vote-we-have-hope/