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05/21/07 Urban Warrior | A post-election look at poll problems

THE BUZZ WORD "reform" has reverberated throughout the city since former City Councilman Michael Nutter dominated last Tuesday's Democratic primary election for mayor.

By: Chris Brennan
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

05/16/07 A 'mellow' day at the polls - shark aside

Outside the place where Tom Knox votes in Center City, two campaign consultants yelled at each other while demonstrators held signs proclaiming "Knox=Shark."

By: Jennifer Moroz, Craig R. McCoy and Nancy Phillips
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

05/15/07 You Have the Last Word

AFTER MONTHS of community meetings and debates, thousands of handshakes and millions of dollars in TV advertising, voters finally take over today - choosing a Democratic candidate who will be the odds-on choice to succeed John Street as mayor.

By: Catherine Lucey, Dave Davies and Bob Warner
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

05/11/07 Another ballot question: Too many?

Better take a cup of coffee with you into the voting booth Tuesday. Not only will Philadelphia voters have to pick from 12 categories of elected officials, they will have to pore through an additional eight ballot questions.

By: Jennifer Lin
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

05/11/07 Funny about this race: It's not about race

PART FROM the cheap little dart Chaka Fattah tossed at Michael Nutter this week suggesting Nutter needs to remind himself he's black, this mayoral race is relatively free of Philly's famous racial politics.

By: John Baer
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

05/11/07 A Really Different Philly Primary

Like snowflakes, no two Philadelphia mayoral races are quite alike.

By: Dave Davies
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

05/11/07 Ad that attacks Nutter called 'blatantly racial'

TV ad that attacks Michael Nutter's "stop, question and frisk" proposal was condemned yesterday as "blatantly racial" by the watchdog group Committee of Seventy.

By: Catherine Lucey, Bob Warner & Nolan Rosenkrans
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

05/10/07 Committee of Seventy Deeply Troubled by Racial Appeals by Latest "527" Committee

The Committee of Seventy today condemned what it called a “blatantly racial” television advertisement produced by “One Step Closer, a “527” committee targeting mayoral candidate Michael Nutter.

By: Zack Stalberg
Source: Press Release

05/10/07 Committee of Seventy Condemns Knox's Broken Promise to Halt Campaign Spending

The Committee of Seventy today condemned Democratic mayoral candidate Tom Knox for breaking a pledge made during an April 30th KYW Newsradio mayoral debate to put an end to any further campaign spending. Today’s Philadelphia Daily News reports that, since that pledge, Knox has poured at least $1,250,000 million of his own dollars into his campaign to add to the $8 million he has already contributed.

By: Zack Stalberg
Source: Press Release

05/10/07 Committee of Seventy Unveils Unprecedented Election Oversight Program

The Committee of Seventy today announced that over 500 trained citizen and legal volunteers are expected to assist voters at 1,681 polling places during Philadelphia’s municipal primary election on May 15, 2007

By: Zack Stalberg
Source: Press Release

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