Philadelphia City Commissioners

The Philadelphia City Commissioners are people, collected into a Board, who are responsible for administering voter registration and conducting elections for the City of Philadelphia.[1]

The Board has three members, all popularly elected every four years by the voters of Philadelphia.[2] No political party can have more than two seats on the board. For the last half-century the guaranteed minority seat has gone to the Republican Party.

Current members

Name Year Elected Party
Anthony Clark†` 2007 Democratic[3]
Al Schmidt†` 2011 Republican[4]
Lisa M Deeley 2015 Democratic[5]

† Denotes Co-Chairperson of the Board
` Re-elected November 2015

References

  1. "Mission Statement". Office of the Philadelphia Commissioners. The City of Philadelphia. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  2. "About the Philadelphia City Commissoners". Philadelphiavotes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  3. "Biography of Commissioner Anthony Clark, Chairman". Philadelphiavotes.com. 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  4. "Biography of Commissioner Al Schmidt". Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. "Biography of Lisa M Deeley". Retrieved 9 April 2016.

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