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Inefficiencies in Philadelphia’s election system?

Some are questioning the efficiency of Philadelphia’s election system, as well as to suggest the creation of an organization to oversee it.

The Inquirer reports that the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority has drafted a report that shows Philadelphia spends $9.18 per voter, as opposed to the $4.68 median spent in other counties.

The report looks at Pennsylvania’s 15 most populated counties and examines how much it costs to carry out election functions in these areas. The report examines how much the city could save by consolidating or even eliminating some of the city’s elected positions, including the sheriff, the clerk of quarter sessions, the register of willls and the three city commissioners.

The Inquirer reports that in past years, many other cities have consolidated elected government positions, but that Philadelphia has not.

October 26, 2009 at 12:56 pm

--Kenneth Elder

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