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December Cheyney Challenge

12/19/2022

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Congrats to the CU students graduating this month and in 2022 moreover.

In 2019 -- prior to COVID -- Cheyney witnessed its highest rate of student retention in 20 years. Further, enrollment has increased by 50% since 2018. ("Cheyney University Reports 10% Increase in Student Enrollment Over Last Year")

Please join the 
#CheyneyChallenge in 2023, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today.
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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
cheyney.edu
Est. 1837
The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it on WURD's Radio Courtroom in 2015, and began donating the following year. ​
Three Cheyney students standing together on campus
Cheyney students | © The Philadelphia Tribune (Used by permission)

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Opportunity exists for Pa. third-party candidates despite gerrymandering

12/4/2022

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Note: Post slightly edited for terseness and a typo from original comment to "Internat'l mission to U.S. elections: correspondence." Redundant last line citing news article omitted.
In reference to state lawmakers determining their own districts, I noted above that the "politics of state legislatures are skewed by the high stakes inherent to the two mass parties' attempt to tip the scales of power between themselves."

Similarly, a recent Capital-Star article suggests that maintenance of a two-party establishment is a critique of this mechanism.

"Political observers long have noted the gerrymandered boundaries of state House and Senate to advantage the big two political parties.. [sic]" (Dec. 2)

Obviously, I agree that gerrymandering has the two legacy parties as its (either-or) beneficiaries. I cannot, however, say that it's a consideration for opponents in PA or elsewhere.

Carol Kuniholm, co-founder and chair of Fair Districts PA, is quoted in that article as saying, "Just a few legislative leaders, mostly from very safe, one-party districts, control the agenda and block bipartisan solutions that would benefit the people of Pennsylvania. That's why we want to fix Harrisburg."

I think... opposition to gerrymandering is the prospect of a single-party district and therefore lack of representation -- albeit, the legacy bipartisanship. I stress the legacy bipartisanship because a single-party district might be favorable to independent and third-party candidates on the opposite end of the political spectrum.

​A Keystone candidate, for instance, might make headway among moderate voters in a Democratic district, or a Libertarian candidate among suburban and younger conservatives in a Republican district.
A comment on "We want to fix Harrisburg: Reformers summit seeks solutions to state government's woes" (F. Pizzoli) 
Howie Hawkins posing with two other petitioners outside of a Capitol building in Harrisburg
Howie Hawkins pictured with petitioners from the Keystone Party in Harrisburg (© 2022 Jubalyn ExWilliams)

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania. You can find her writings and editorials, including one on "We want to fix Harrisburg: Reformers summit seeks solutions to state government's woes," by F. Pizzoli, at landturn.com/blog. 

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Related: Getting on the ballot as a third-party candidate in Pennsylvania, II (2022)
​Related: Reaching out to third-party candidates for Harrisburg candidate forum (2022)
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