On July 23, 2025 Pat Loeb published an article titled: New program at CCP will sync class registration data with Pa. voter data to streamline registration process in KYW Newsradio.
“Efforts are underway to improve Philadelphia’s voter turnout, including a new program at Community College of Philadelphia, but more work is needed. That was the consensus of participants in a roundtable discussion on the issue at City Hall on Wednesday.”
“Kadida Kenner, CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project, said registering new voters was not enough.
‘The number one reason why the most recently registered to vote don’t come out is because they don’t know how to do it,’ she said, ‘and you don’t want to look stupid. No one wants to look stupid when they go into a polling location and ask lots of questions.’
Outreach is important, she said, but the quality of it also matters. ‘It’s a huge difference when we have a conversation at their front door versus not having a conversation and just leaving behind a door hanger.’”