Candidate Info for the 2012 Election

• Follow the candidates on Twitter with @PennLeadsVote's Election2012 Twitter List.

• Read candidate information and bios from the nonpartisan Committee of 70's PA Races and Candidates page. You can also find links to candidates' campaign websites there.

Pennsylvania's Voter ID Law

UPDATE: This law has been postponed until AFTER the November 6, 2012 elections. It will not be in effect for the upcoming elections. As in the past, first-time voters in a division may be asked to present ID (PennCard is acceptable).

Useful Links

• Keep up with Congress at http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/congressdaily
• Find out what the House of Representatives is working on now at http://house.gov/
• Connect with Senators at http://www.senate.gov/
• Get informed with the White House and Barack Obama at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
• Want to find out more about local politics? Check out http://pa.gov/
• Learn more about the City of Philadelphia at http://phila.gov/
• Check the facts with Penn's Annenberg Public Policy Center at http://www.factcheck.org/

The Daily Pennsylvanian

Look here for recent articles in the University of Pennsylvania independent student newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian, about Lead the Vote.

• Professors offer fall, summer courses geared toward presidential election, (5/10/12)
• Student turnout even with '06 midterms, (11/3/10)
• Penn Leads the Vote executive co-directors | Yes, we can — vote, (11/2/10)
• Groups make final effort to mobilize voters, (11/1/10)
• From the classroom to the voting booths, (10/28/10) from Penn Current
• PLTV, Penn Democrats register 1,300 new voters, (10/18/10)
• In home stretch, a push for turnout, (10/5/10)
• Groups make last effort to register voters, (10/4/10)
• Mobilizing the student vote, (9/29/10)
• Amy Gutmann | Hello, new opportunities, (9/7/10)
• NSO: more than parties for campus politicos, (9/1/10)
• Low turnout in municipal election, (11/4/09)
• Voting contest with Dartmouth ends in a tie, (11/14/08)
• Friends don't let friends not vote; PLTV used campus leaders to turn out late voters, (11/5/08)
• Nearly 4,000 vote at on-campus polling stations, (11/5/08)
• Living up to the hype- Penn political groups help mobilize vote, (11/5/08)
• A peer-to-peer way of leading the vote, (9/10/08)

Why do we vote?

Well, why wouldn't we?

Watch our video "Don't Vote/5 Friends", produced for the 2008 presidential election. This nonpartisan video features Penn students, from all schools and all years, and is inspired by the celebrity-produced PSA "5 Friends".

Directed and Edited by Andrew Julien
Produced by Andrew Julien and Dorna Mohaghegh
With special thanks to Mariama Perry

Questions? Contact PLTV at pennleadsthevote@gmail.com.