Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day for withdrawal by candidates who filed nomination petitions
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day to REGISTER TO VOTE before the primary
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day for county election office to receive completed mail-in and civilian absentee ballots (must be received by 8:00 PM)
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day for the county election office to receive completed military and overseas absentee ballots (submitted for delivery no later than 11:59 PM on May 19)
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day to circulate and file nomination papers
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day to file objections to nomination papers
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day for withdrawal by candidates nominated at the primary without a court order
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day for withdrawal by candidates nominated by nomination papers without a court order
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day to REGISTER TO VOTE before the November election
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day for the county election office to receive completed mail-in and civilian absentee ballots (must be received by 8:00 PM)
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day for county election office to receive completed military and overseas absentee ballots (submitted for delivery no later than 11:59 PM on November 3)
Know Your Rights Training: Protest Rights and Safety Practices
In this ACLU-led training, participants will learn about the Constitutional right to peacefully protest and about best practices for reducing risks when attending protests like the upcoming No Kings mobilization on March 28.
Virtual event. Click here to register.
Election Protection & Voter Access: Getting Voters Across the Finish Line
You will learn about 2026 Voter Protection plans in PA and beyond, including the resources available to ensure safe and secure ballot access for all voters and how you can get involved in these efforts!
Our training will also cover best practices for vote-by-mail messaging to increase voter turnout, information about how to best assist our most vulnerable voters with cancelled ballots, designated agents, access issues and more!
With guest speakers Rebecca Cusumano-Seidel, ACLU-PA, and Jill Greene, Common Cause PA.
Hosted by Promote the Vote PA in partnership with ACLU Pennsylvania and Common Cause Pennsylvania.
This is a virtual event. Click here to register.
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day to file objections to nomination petitions
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
First day to circulate and file nomination papers
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
Last day to circulate and file nomination petitions
How to Raise a Citizen
Join us to hear from Dr. Lindsey Cormack to learn how to talk with young people (your own or others) about politics and government in our country. Dr. Cormack is an associate professor of Political Science and Director of the Diplomacy Lab at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her latest book, How to Raise a Citizen & Why it’s Up to You to Do It, aims to reinvigorate multi-generational political discussion and governmental know-how after examining the somewhat dire state of civic education in the United States.
Cormack earned her PhD in Government from New York University and is raising a daughter on the Upper East Side. She currently serves as the Secretary for Community Board 8 in Manhattan. In addition to being a published academic scholar, she also created and maintains the digital database of all official Congress-to-constituent e-newsletters in the DCinbox Project.
This event is free on Zoom and open to all. Please share with interested friends.
Register here
Meet and Greet!
An IN-PERSON EVENT:
Come and learn about our plans for the upcoming voting season! Learn how we practice non-partisanship. Commune with other members of our broader community interested in advancing our collective interests!
PARTNER: Power to the Hill Kickoff
Please join our Partner, Power to the Hill, at their 2026 Kickoff event.
Important Dates for the 2026 PA Elections
First day to circulate and file nomination petitions
PARTNER EVENT: The 1619 Project Episode 4: Capitalism
Please join the Harrisburg Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, and the East Shore Library for a viewing of The 1619 Project Episode 4: Capitalism, as we continue our 1619 Project discussion series. The final episode viewing in this series will explore how slavery built modern American capitalism and how its echoes are still being felt. Sunday, February 1, 2026, with refreshments and registration at 1:45, viewing starts at 2:00 pm, followed by a panel discussion.
Register here: https://dcls.libcal.com/event/15588915
Naturalization Ceremony
Always a particular thrill to greet and congratulate new citizens! The League hands out voter registration and name change materials. We answer a lot of questions, and we are privileged to share in the joy of the day.
This particular event is fully staffed but if you wish to volunteer for future Naturalization events, contact Michele E at President@lwvpacapreg.org.
PARTNER: ZONTA-District 3 Climate Justice Think Tank
Join us to hear speaker, Bob Bylone, CEO and President of the PA Recycling Markets Center. He will share information about the recycling market, what material markets are available in PA, who is responsible for assisting this marketplace, and what is the impact of these interests.
Click here to register.
Please invite your friends and colleagues so we have a good turnout for this speaker.
The presentation will begin at 7:00 pm and last for one hour. Once you register, you will receive an email response with the link to the webinar.
PAIRWN 2025 22nd Annual Diversity Festival-SAVE THE DATE
We encourage you to join this Festival from one of our Partners, featuring Multicultural Performances, Music, Fashion, Show, Storytelling, International Cuisine!
UPDATED: 3-7 PM. Register with the QR code in the poster below.
U.S. Immigration Courts at a Crisis Point: Webinar
Sponsored by Migration Policy Institute
Backlogs in the nation’s immigration courts have reached record levels in recent years, with nearly 4 million removals cases pending—adding new pressures to long-standing challenges that have overwhelmed the courts. With it now taking an average of four years for an asylum applicant to get a hearing, the delays are undermining the goals of both the U.S. asylum and immigration enforcement systems.
This discussion will draw on a new Migration Policy Institute policy brief that examines how the immigration courts have reached a point of crisis, with panelists focusing on how the courts have been shaped by the policies of the current administration and its predecessor.
The conversation will also touch upon the administrative and legislative reforms that are urgently needed to transform the system, key among them increased funding for the courts, commensurate with the historic spending on immigration enforcement included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
SPEAKERS:
Kathleen Bush-Joseph, Policy Analyst, MPI
Muzaffar Chishti, Senior Fellow, MPI
Chiqui Sanchez Kennedy, Executive Director, Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project
Kyra S. Lilien, Former Immigration Judge, Concord Immigration Court, Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice
Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, MPI
For more information
events@migrationpolicy.org
202-266-1929
www.migrationpolicy.org
PARTNER EVENT: AAUW Advocacy Day
Our Health, Our Future, Our Lobby Day
Please mark your calendars to attend the AAUW Advocacy Day on Tuesday, November 18th at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. Registration is requested, click on link below. There are lots of advocacy items scheduled for the day. Here is the agenda!
And the legislative meeting schedule set so far: Legislative Meeting List - Google Sheets. Across the top of this sheet are links to bills that will be the focus of our work that day. The team will continue to add meetings through next week. Talking points will be available in the folders provided to registrants.
Register here: LINK. Join 90 advocates already signed up!
Training sessions for registrants set for Wednesday, November 12th, at 12 pm and 6 pm. Upon registering, you will receive an email to sign up for training. Training will prepare you for meetings and messaging for the day.
WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE & RESOURCE FAIR
This event is being organized by the Cumberland County Commission for Women in support of their mission to increase opportunities for Cumberland County women and girls by identifying and promoting awareness of pertinent issues.
LWV PA Capital Region will be tabling at this event. Join us and many other vendors!
Vendors:
Chase Fitness, Plexus H2L Studio, Happie Soul Wellness, Rachel Andreoli Coaching LLC, League of Women Voters PA Capital Region, Mountaintop Counseling- Carlisle Office, Compass Health Coaching, LLC, The BGH Clinic, Midlife reMDy, Tolkiel Cuisine, Dr. Cindy Care, LLC, Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry Counties (DVSCP), Maria James- Thiaw (Author), YWCA Carlisle & Cumberland County, Project SHARE Food Pantry, Braids Milk And Honey, Restorative Health & Beauty, LifeWave, Volunteer for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Harmony in Motion Speech & Physical Therapy, New York Life CSS- Cumberland/Perry County Community Support Program, & American Cancer Society.
Delta Sigma Theta 3rd Annual Youth Symposium
We are pleased to accept the invitation from our Delta Sigma Theta partners to host a voter registration table and speak about the PA Voter Registration process and introduce resources and tools at their 3rd Annual Youth Symposium.
Please contact our Voter Services team if you are interested in helping us!
Democracy in Our Hands (LWV US) - Building Coalitions to Amplify Action
Building coalitions means being reflective, resonant, and responsive to the needs of your community. League members are active members in their communities, they know them well and they are advocates for issues concerning elections, voter registration, voter guides, and candidates. As trusted messengers in their communities Leagues have institutional knowledge and the information that excels civic engagement.
To build upon the legacy of the League as the trusted resource of election information, Leagues would benefit from an event that underscores the importance of coalition-building with an emphasis on anchoring diverse lived experience and connecting with voters who might not have access to their local Leagues. It is by way of connecting with these voters that deep coalition is built across country of origin, or socio-economic status, or education level. The League is a lever for connecting the dots as championing voting rights for all in our democracy.
Join, Democracy Truth Project manager, Chelsey Cartwright, Founder and CEO of MOV Strategies, Brencia Berry, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University, Dr. Marcus Board, for a conversation on what intentional coalition-building looks like. How do you build relationships with similar “fight for democracy” organizations that speak to inclusion, expanding access and opportunity, and make space for all of those looking for a seat at the table.
The conversation will span the scope of history around movement and liberation work in our democracy. From the Black Liberation movement to the fight for Indigenous sovereignty, and everything in between this conversation will be a hybrid of taking inventory of history-making movement spaces and the tools we need at our disposal to re-imagine and transform this work. What does transformational and meeting the moment coalition-work look like, join the conversation and explore. Also, we will plug in a creative and lively call to action so that Leaguers can continue the work of building coalition in their communities and lives across the country. Folding in activating networks of Delta Sigma Theta as part of the call to action is an important piece to prioritize.
Register here
Chelsey Cartwright
Program Manager, Democracy Truth Project
LWVUS
Marcus Board Jr.
Associate Professor of Political Science
Howard University
Brencia Berry
Founder and CEO
MOV Strategies
Nile Blass
DMV Regional Organizer
LWVUS
MEMBER'S FUNDRAISING SPECIAL EVENT @ Boscov’s East
This is a special event. We will be notified by Boscov’s of our assigned times closer to the date of the event. Stay tuned!
If you can volunteer on this day, contact Michele E @ President@lwvpacapreg.org
PARTNER EVENT: P2H Voter Engagement Day
Join Power to the Hill for their monthly Voter Engagement Day, door knocking, canvassing, registering and engaging new voters and long time registered voters about the upcoming 2025 Primary Election and General Election.
You will be paired with experienced volunteers. Spanish Language speakers especially welcome!
Meet at the church for your assigned team and canvass area. Doors open at 9:45 AM for light snacks.
Lunch follows each Voter Engagement Day.
Questions can be addressed by calling (717) 623-1097 or emailing contactptoh@gmail.com
National Voter Registration Day
At HACC (HBG), Frederickson Library (Mburg), Bosler (Carlisle)-placeholder
Fireside Chat w/ PA Appellate Court Retention Election Candidates
Please tune in to Pennsylvanians for Modern Court moderator, Debbie Gross, in conversation with retention candidates Judge Wojcik of the Commonwealth Court and Judge Dubow of the Superior Court.
Click here to register for this event.
MEMBER'S FUNDRAISING EVENT @ Boscov’s East
Always a fun activity as we sell Boscov’s discount coupons for your shopping experience! The public can support the League just as we are headed into the annual holiday period!
If you can take a shift during this time, please contact Michele E at President@lwvpacapreg.org.
PARTNER EVENT: NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Dinner
League Members, individually and personally, along with our partners at AAUW Harrisburg, will jointly sponsor a table at this event as an opportunity to celebrate the rich legacy of the NAACP while helping them raise crucial funds to support their ongoing programs and initiatives to promote equality, justice, and community empowerment.
The Freedom Fund Dinner brings together local leaders, activists, and supporters committed to advancing civil rights and advocating for social justice.
If you wish to join us, contact Lillian G at lilliangrieco@verizon.net.
PARTNER EVENT: AKA Health and Wellness Fair
An annual fair hosted by our AKA Sorority Foundation partner.
The League has a voter registration table. To volunteer, please contact Michele E at President@lwvpacapreg.org.
THE INDEPENDENT COURT: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS
Join this FREE In-Person Event to learn:
This nonpartisan program will examine the critical role of the courts as one of the three co-equal branches in our government. A panel of current and former judges will discuss and answer questions on several timely and significant topics, including the judiciary’s critical role in upholding our democratic principles and the need to protect judicial independence at the state and federal level.
Register using the QR code in the attached flyer or at the link here: https://bit.ly/KORHburg
School Board Issues Forum
Everyone has a stake in our public schools. We all want to make sure that our children are getting the education they need to succeed in the future. On October 5th, the PA 10th District Network is sponsoring a panel discussion to explore the issues that citizens say concern them the most such as:
· Societal and Cultural Issues
· Bullying and Mental Health
· School Board Dynamics
· School Safety
Our panelists will use their expertise to delve into the issues surrounding public schools.
Our event will be at Central Penn Conference Center on Sunday, October 5, from 3:30 to 5:30 with doors opening at 3:00 for a time to mingle, a Question and Answer period from 5:00 to 5:30, and closing time until 6:00. If you want to make sure you have a guaranteed seat at the event, please register using the attached Mobilize Link. We look forward to discussing ways to better help the children in our local school systems.
Candidate Forum: Judges for Pennsylvania Commonwealth & Superior Court
Candidate Forum: Judges for Superior Court and Commonwealth Court
September 30 | 7:00–8:00 PM
Via Zoom (virtual only)
The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (LWVPA) is pleased to invite you to participate in a virtual candidate forum for Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Part of our effort to help voters make informed decisions in the Fall 2025 general election
Hope you will join us and invite a friend! Open to the public, virtual only!