Your Committee People – 48th Ward Philadelphia

. What is a Committee Person?
. What do Committee People Do?
. How do I find my Committee People?
. Contact my Committee People

What is a Committee Person?
Every four years in Philadelphia, Democratic voting neighbors in each voting Division elect up to two Committee People to represent the interests of their neighborhood within the political system. The Committee Person role is the lowest level, volunteer position in the Democratic Party.

Committee people are the backbone of the Democratic Party and the face of the Party in the neighborhood. Their duties are election-related: to register Democratic voters in the neighborhood, to inform and motivate Democratic neighbors to vote in elections, and to communicate the needs of the voters at the grassroots level upwards to the level of the Ward and to the City Democratic Party leadership:

What Do Committee People Do?

Committee People are elected to perform these duties:

• “Get Out the Vote” by reminding neighbors of the date and time that polls are open.
• Provide information about candidates, ballot questions, and issues affecting our neighborhood.
• Help register new neighborhood residents to vote.
• Circulate nomination petitions to help candidates get on the ballot.
• Attend ward meetings and voting on candidates that the Democratic Party should endorse for every office on the ballot, from President down to City Council.
• Engage with neighbors, block captains, and community groups to work on matters of concern.
• Help bring elected officials and candidates for office to meet voters in the neighborhood.

On Election Day:
• Get out the vote by using “street lists” of registered voters in a division helping make sure that as many people as possible come out to vote.
• Hand out campaign literature at the polling place.
•Arrange rides to the polls for voters who are unable to walk or drive themselves.
•Recruiting poll watchers for Democratic party candidates and reporting improper behavior or pointing out weaknesses in the security of the election process to the appropriate authorities.

(page 7, How to Run for Committee Person: A Campaign Manual for Philadelphia Candidates, Committee of Seventy, 2014)

How Do I Find My Committee People?

In the May 2018, Primary election the Democratic voting neighbors of each Division in Ward 48 elected up to two persons to represent their neighborhood in the city’s Democratic Party.

#1: What Division do I live in? – Scroll down for the right map here or check this interactive map here…
#2: Find your Committee Person (listed by Division from #1 through #23) below:

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