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"2025 Your Government Officials"

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Welcome to the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh!

"Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy."


News Yinz Can Use:   Election News for Allegheny County Voters

Special Election:  Tuesday, February 24

This election will fill a vacancy in the State House of Representatives 
District 42 which contains Baldwin, Mt Lebanon, Dormont, Castle Shannon, and part of Upper St Clair. 

This seat became vacant when Representative Dan Miller resigned his seat after winning election to the Court of Common Pleas.  


Last Day to Register to Vote:  February 9, by 5:00 pm     PA online registration
Last Day to Request a Mail-in Ballot:  February 17,  by 5:00 pm    Mail-in Ballot Request 
 

 
Find more information on our Special Election page.

roads may be icy 2026

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Annual Mail-in Explainer 2026
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It's that time again...


If you were on the "Annual List" last year, you will receive a mail-in ballot application in the mail.   You can use this application to apply for a ballot for the next election, and/or request all of your ballots for the upcoming year.  You can also apply using the online application .

Remember,  you have to reapply each year to stay on the "Annual List".  See more details in our "Annual Mail-in Request" explainer:

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Our Civic Education and Voter Resources are always free, but donations to help pay for our software, printing, and tabling costs are appreciated!   Digital Tip Jar
More Resources for Your Classroom or Community Group from LWVPGH

5 Freedoms of the 1st Amendment
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Attending a Protest
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INSTRUCTIONS--PA VR Appl

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Election Disinfo Do's and Don'ts
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LWV Advocacy 
LWVUS Condemns Unwarranted Federal Presence and Military Escalation in Minnesota

“The League of Women Voters calls on Congress to exercise its constitutional oversight authority and investigate these threats of federal overreach, as well as DHS, ICE, and CBP use-of-force. We urge the public to reject efforts to normalize the use of federal military force as a response to civil unrest or tragedy.

“The League stands with Minnesotans in affirming that democracy is built by the people, not imposed through fear or force. We strongly condemn any unwarranted federal immigration enforcement and military deployment or threat of deployment in Minnesota or anywhere in the United States.” 


Read the Full Statement Here

See the LWVUS Newsroom for current 
LWVUS Press Releases

Call to Action:


Urge your federal representatives to:

1. Refuse to vote for any Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bill that includes increased funding for ICE or Border
Patrol, including funds for detention.

2. Refuse to vote for any appropriations bill for DHS beyond January 30 unless it:


a. Strengthens restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol’s ability to conduct dragnet arrest operations
and target people based on their race, language or accent, place of employment, or location at
the time of the apprehension;
b. Ends border patrol deployment to our cities and rejects its ever-expanding mandate in
immigration enforcement; and
c. Limits DHS's reprogramming and transfer authority, including specifically preventing
reprogramming and transferring funds for detention.

 

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Contact Your US Senators and Representatives
Contact Your US Senators and Representatives

Senator John Fetterman

Complete this formhttps://www.fetterman.senate.gov/contact/

Or call his Pittsburgh office: (412) 803-3501

 

Senator Dave McCormick

Complete this form: https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/share-your-opinion/

Or call his Pittsburgh office:412-803-7370 

Congresswoman Summer Lee
Complete this form: summerlee.house.gov/address_authentication?form=/contact-us/write-to-summer
Or call her Pittsburgh office:  (412) 214-5000

Congressman Chris Deluzio
Complete this form: deluzio.house.gov/email-me
Or call his Pittsburgh office:  (412) 344-5583

Upcoming Rallies and Events

Join LWVPGH each Monday from 4:30 to 6:00 at the Indivisible rally in Point Breeze.   Find more information on the Events calendar. 


2025 is a Wrap!  See our Year in Review!
Our 300 members volunteered over 10,000 hours!  What did we accomplish?

Bus shelter posters throughout the city reminded commuters to vote in the municipal primary and provided links to nonpartisan candidate information.

The Voter Service teams in 2025...

 

  • Logged over 3,500 hours designing and distributing election information, planning and staffing candidate events, and providing registration assistance throughout the county.
  • Had over 5,000 in-person voter education conversations with community members at local food bank distributions.
  • Provided voter information to seniors at  250+ senior residential buildings, senior centers, rehabilitation facilities, and Meals on Wheels locations, and to 650 faith-based groups.
  • Designed, printed and distributed 10,000 of "Ready to Vote" flyers with election dates and details
  • Reached over 700 new citizens at naturalization ceremonies.
  • Sponsored or co-sponsored 6 candidate forums.
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Volunteers from B-PEP and LWVPGH distribute voter information at a Food Bank drive-up. 

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Volunteers assemble "Ready, Set, Vote" bags at a packing bee.
The Civic Education team in 2025...
  • Presented classroom lessons which reached 1,100 high school and college students.
  • Designed, packaged, and distributed 4,000 "Ready, Set, Vote" bags to students and community groups.
  • Sent "Happy 18th Birthday" posters with a voter registration QR code to all high schools in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.  These posters received nearly 1,000 QR clicks this year.  
  • Created 4 new videos for the municipal elections.
  • Created municipal election "explainers" that received over 10,000 views combined.
Why Bother Voting in Municipal Elections????
Video Title Slide - "Your Government Starts Here"
Because "Your Government Starts Here.... with YOU!" "Your Government Starts Here"

Courthouse Naturalization Ceremony 2025
In a year with new restrictions on our participation, our adaptable Naturalization Team continued to serve 700+ new citizens with voter information and registration assistance.  The League continues to volunteer at courthouse ceremonies, and a new web page serves new citizens with access to the information we are no longer able to distribute in person.  100s of new citizens have used the links provided to access the New Citizens page.   

Allegheny County's 131 municipalities and 40+ school districts make the LWVPGH Vote411 team the busiest in the nation during municipal election years. 

Our Vote411 team reached out to over 1,000 candidates and posted information for 100s of local municipal races.


Vote411 candidate information reached Allegheny County voters through:

  • Over 15,000 visits to Vote411.org from Allegheny County
  • 2,500 copies of the printed Voters' Guide distributed in both the Primary and General Elections
  • 3,000 - 4,000 views of the online Voters' Guide in both the Primary and General Elections
  • 10,000+ combined views of our 2025 Vote411 "mini-guides" for 9 individual races


Your Government Officials: 2025

40,000 
printed copies of  "Your Government Officials: 2025" were distributed through Allegheny County libraries and at our Civic Education and Voter Service events. 

In addition, there were 3,800 views of the digital version of Your Government Officials.

"Your Government Officials" is a government "user's manual" for Allegheny County residents, containing contact information for public officials serving Allegheny County, and election and voting details for Pennsylvania residents.

In 2025, our volunteers gave "Your Government Officials" a new look and layout!

The Web Team...

Created, posted, and updated local content for all elections in Allegheny County

  • 4 new pages for the May Primary received over 10,000 visitors
  • new pages for the General Election received over 30,000 visitors
Provided specialized local information for all Allegheny County voters, including new citizens, Spanish speakers, incarcerated and returning citizens, and community groups.

The digital versions of our spring and fall Voters' Guides received about 5,000 views each.




 

"Your Government Officials" Directory for 2025
Your Government Officials 2025 
Facts for Citizens Directory
"2025 Your Government Officials"

Front cover of Your Gov Officials directory
Who are your representatives at the city, county, state and federal levels?
What are their salaries?   When do their terms end? 
 

Find Out in the 2025 "Your Government Officials" Directory


The "Your Government Officials" Directory provides contact information for public officials serving Allegheny County residents at the  County, State and Federal levels.  Information for the City of Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh Public Schools is also included. In addition to directory information, "Your Government Officials" provides details and dates for participating in the 2025 primary and general (November) elections, descriptions of job roles, and tips for what to say when contacting your representatives in government. 

 View on our  "Your Government Officials"  page: www.lwvpgh.org/ygo  ,
or download the PDF: Your Government Officials 2025

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If you are aware of corrections that need to be made, please contact webmaster@lwvpgh.org. 
THANK YOU to the volunteers on the "Your Government Officials" team!



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