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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Panthers on Politics | Upcoming 2023 Election

By Julia Smeltzer, Digital Manager • October 20, 2023

Panthers on Politics hosts Ruby Scupp, Josie Cantelmo and Claire Gatz sit down with Olivia Pinocci-Wrightsman, a member of Pitt Votes and intern at Civic Influencers, to discuss important details regarding...

"I Voted" stickers at an early voting location Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Oklahoma City.

Op-Ed | Many Pitt students are disenfranchised, upcoming bills can change that

By Joshua Summers, Mechanical Engineering Major • September 18, 2023
There are 1.2 million independent voters financing primaries, watching their friends go out to vote and being barred from the democratic process by the state. I’m one of them.
Opinion | No, I won’t shut up about ranked choice voting

Opinion | No, I won’t shut up about ranked choice voting

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • September 8, 2023
Sitting here writing this, I can’t think of one opinion up on that stage I 100% agree with. Many things wounded me and physically made me cringe. However, there were quite a few people I was somewhat impressed with. That is those who haven’t fallen to the extremely far-right Trumpism that has been center stage since 2016.
"I Voted" stickers at an early voting location Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Oklahoma City.

‘A small thing we can do’: Students plan to vote for first time in midterms

By Elizabeth Primrose, Senior Staff Writer • October 27, 2022
Molly Guy, a sophomore psychology major, said she is planning to vote in-person on Nov. 8 in Pennsylvania for Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman.
Editorial | Young people in Pennsylvania, get out and vote

Editorial | Young people in Pennsylvania, get out and vote

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 25, 2022
Young people need to get out and vote this election, especially in Pennsylvania, as the results of this election will affect our futures.
A view of the Cathedral of Learning.

Opinion | First-years: You should care about Pennsylvania politics

By Paige Wasserman, Staff Columnist • August 25, 2022
First-years should get politically active because pur lives depend on it.
Speaker series discusses racial justice, African American voting rights

Speaker series discusses racial justice, African American voting rights

By Bella Markovitz, Staff Writer • June 8, 2022
Despite being in the midst of a murder trial, keynote speaker Bakari Sellers put his defense attorney duties on pause for an hour to speak at the “Our Voice Our Vote” webinar.
With the Pennsylvania elections approaching, senior staff columnist Julia Kreutzer argues that voting is now easier than ever and lists 10 things that are harder to prove it.

Satire | 10 things more difficult than voting in the upcoming elections

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist • October 22, 2021
If you can brave even one of the things on this list, voting will be a walk in the park.
Voting in Pitt’s faculty unionization election closed Tuesday evening. Eligible professors and researchers from all five Pitt campuses cast their vote on whether to unionize or not.

Faculty union organizers ‘optimistic’ as election draws to a close

By Katie Cassidy, Staff Writer • October 12, 2021
More than five years after Pitt faculty began a union-organizing campaign, they will start to find out next week whether they succeeded in bringing a union to campus.
Satire | Nine ways I would have pranked the voter fraud hotline

Satire | Nine ways I would have pranked the voter fraud hotline

By Alex Dolinger, Senior Staff Columnist • November 20, 2020
It is too late for senior staff columnist Alex Dolinger to call the voter fraud hotline, but it is never too late for them to capitalize on their mildly humorous ideas through this publication.
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