MarchOnHarrisburg

Non-partisan, volunteer driven group that’s been fighting for 7 years to get money out of politics, end corruption, and build democracy in Pennsylvania.

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

Fun fact: Legislators tend to dislike Super PACs and outside independent spending. They greatly prefer campaign contributions. The difference is control. They want billionaires to give them the money to spend or dole out to colleagues, not to some Super PAC they can’t control.

[Michael Beckel @mjbeckel]

It's actually even more than that.

A donor can now give up to $310,100 per year to a party committee like the NRSC or DSCC, or $620,200 per election cycle, as @IssueOneReform explains here

https://t.co/4PEdqeBQYx

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

Just want to re-up this point. RCV changes the way candidates run (from negative to positive)

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

Without Ranked Choice Voting, Mamdani and Lander would have been incentivized to attack each other in the NYC mayor’s race. Instead, there was positivity and support and coalition building, and now one is mayor and one is in Congress. RCV FTW!

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

A real sack of corrupt 💩💩💩 this guy was

[Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso]

Boies Penrose was a state legislator, a U.S Senator from 1897 to 1921 and boss of Pennsylvania's GOP machine. The line in the Capitol (that someone reminded me of this week) is this statue is the only time Penrose's hand was in his own pocket.

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

We should have control over the big decisions that govern our lives. That is the essence of democracy. Right now, billionaires and their lobbyist armies have the control. That is the problem. We exist to fix that problem, join us.

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

Old man shakes fist at cloud

[Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso]

HARRISBURG -- A cynical reporter told an anthropomorphic candy that it isn't good enough to be a state symbol.

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

@jckhatesme ok this is why love island needs ranked choice voting

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

and this is why we need ranked choice voting

[megan good @jckhatesme]

why are you voting for jill stein get real

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

Politicians will seriously look you in the eye and say with complete confidence that money does not influence politics, money from lobbyists does not affect how they think or make decisions, and that we are offensive for suggesting that any of this matters.

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

Without Ranked Choice Voting, Mamdani and Lander would have been incentivized to attack each other in the NYC mayor’s race. Instead, there was positivity and support and coalition building, and now one is mayor and one is in Congress. RCV FTW!

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

@mrkanenyc @TheGreenGarret @StephenJ_Caruso We don’t really care. They aren’t public officials.

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

Wait, so politicians CAN buy their own tickets to sports games? We thought, according to the laws of physics, they could only go if it’s paid for by corporate lobbyists calling themselves something really stupid and uncreative like “Team Pennsylvania”

(From @StephenJ_Caruso)

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

If you ever wonder why politicians don’t do the right thing, and even claim that they somehow don’t even have enough time to do the right thing, it’s because they’re out soliciting bribes from the billionaires who profit off our misery and poverty.

[Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso]

In case you were curious -- legislators have held 39 fundraisers in Harrisburg over the last two weeks amid early budget jockeying. Among the largest was last night's w/ Gov. Josh Shapiro and House Democratic leadership at a restaurant commonly frequented by the political class.

[Free Speech For People @FSFP]

Federal law bans foreign interests from spending on elections, but multinational corporations are subverting that & threatening our democracy. PA has a bill to stop them.

Will you take action to help pass HB497 in the State Senate? @EndPACorruption

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

Seriously though… except when it’s a billionaire tax break or oppression scheme, then the legislature moves with the speed, precision, and focus of the great bald eagle

[Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso]

"This thing moves faster than the General Assembly," quipped state Rep. Joe Hogan (R., Bucks) as I stopped to snap this picture.

[Rank the Vote @RankTheVoteUSA]

ICYMI: Philadelphia's City Council passed a resolution urging Pennsylvania to allow #RCV in local elections!

"When people rank candidates they don't feel forced to just go with one of the leading folks to avoid wasting their vote," Johnson said. "It gives people more choice, it makes them feel more confident that they can really express their own values at the polls."

https://t.co/IJF4CNyLnS

@EndPACorruption

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

@Popstonox Join us to fight for ranked choice voting in Pennsylvania!

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

Join us to join the fight for RCV in Philly and PA!!

[Popstonox @Popstonox]

Chris Rabb has introduced a bill to allow Ranked Choice Voting in Pennsylvania municipal elections

The Philadelphia City Council has voted 15-1 to approve a resolution urging the PA House to pass the bill

If HB 123 passes, it would allow the 2027 Philadelphia mayoral election to be RCV like New York City's

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

@StephenJ_Caruso 🤣🤣

[FairVote @fairvote]

Yesterday, Philadelphia's City Council passed a resolution in support of ranked choice voting!

It calls on the state legislature to pass a law letting cities & counties use RCV in local elections.

Congrats to @EndPACorruption & other Pennsylvanians who made this happen!

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

@jjabbott Sorry, he wasn’t “statewide,” but still powerful on behalf of the whole state / senate

[MarchOnHarrisburg @EndPACorruption]

@jjabbott Former Senate President Corman was on the board of a bank. It happens. Side jobs are legal, it’s a problem.