New Pennsylvania Project

{{Short description|Voter registration and mobilization nonprofit}}

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| name = New Pennsylvania Project

| formation = 2021

| logo = New_Pennsylvania_Project_Logo.png

| type = Nonprofit (501(c)4)

| purpose = Voter registration

Voting rights

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| region = Pennsylvania

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| website = https://www.newpaproject.org/

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The New Pennsylvania Project works to register voters regardless of party, with a focus on people of color and young people.{{Cite web |last=Gregg |first=Cherri |date=September 10, 2022 |title=New Pennsylvania Project works to get all voters engaged |url=https://whyy.org/articles/elections-new-pennsylvania-project-kadida-kenner-fall-voting-accessible-to-all/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}} In addition to voter engagement, the organization also has a major focus on voting rights.{{Cite magazine |last=Ford |first=Matt |date=December 7, 2021 |title=Six Heroic Defenders of Democracy |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/164391/six-heroic-defenders-democracy |access-date=2024-07-26 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}} The organization applauded the switch to automatic voter registration in 2023 in Pennsylvania,{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Marc |date=2023-10-01 |title=Pennsylvania governor's voter registration change draws Trump's ire in echo of 2020 election clashes |url=https://apnews.com/article/automatic-voter-registration-pennsylvania-shapiro-trump-48204fd605660f6dead844d158ca7c1f |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=AP News |language=en}} and expressed concern that efforts to make voting more difficult endangers American democracy.{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Amy |date=January 31, 2022 |title=More GOP bills seek to overhaul voting laws in battlegrounds |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/jan/31/battleground-states-where-republicans-want-overhau/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=@politifact |language=en-US}}

The organization registered over 20,000 voters ahead of the 2022 midterms,{{Cite web |last=McDuffie |first=Will |date=November 5, 2022 |title=In Pennsylvania Senate race, Fetterman, Oz make last-minute push for Black voters |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pennsylvania-senate-race-fetterman-oz-make-minute-push/story?id=92685846 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=ABC News |language=en}} and 40,000 voters as of May 1, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Acevedo |first=Nicole |date=2024-05-01 |title=How a post falsely claiming migrants are registering to vote spread to millions in four weeks |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/misinformation-migrants-illegally-registered-vote-rcna149557 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

The project was founded in 2021 and modeled after voter mobilization efforts like the New Georgia Project. Kadida Kenner is the CEO.{{Cite web |last=Eichmann |first=Mark |date=May 1, 2023 |title=Last chance to register to vote in Philadelphia's municipal primary |url=https://whyy.org/articles/voter-registration-deadline-philadelphia-primary-elections-2023-may-1/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}}

In December 2024, the district attorney of Delaware County, Jack Stollsteimer, announced that a paid staffer for the New Pennsylvania Project used an app to register 324 people for the 2024 election, of which 129 were not successful. The staffer, Jennifer Hill, was arrested on felony forgery, public records tampering, and voter registration-related charges for fraudulently registering dead people, including her own father.{{Cite news |last=Creitz |first=Charles |date=December 24, 2024 |title=PA woman charged with trying to register dead people, including own father, to vote |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pa-woman-charged-trying-register-dead-people-including-own-father-vote |access-date=2024-12-24}}{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Alex |date=December 19, 2024 |title=2 charged with election-related offenses in Delaware County |url=https://www.delcotimes.com/2024/12/19/2-charged-with-election-related-offenses-in-delaware-county/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |work=The Delaware County Daily Times}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=May 2025}}{{Undue weight inline|date=May 2025}}