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Who is moving the causes CSWH follows forward, who is pushing back, and where: from the news, bills and events the daily update finds, and what members share. Every number opens the items behind it, and every item links to its source.

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Last 14 days: Oct 15, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026 · updated Oct 28, 2026, 3:33 PM ET

Totals

Advancing a cause1
Working against a cause0
Neutral reports4
All items5

No comparison: we don't have data for all of the 14 days before.

Over time

Items advancing and working against the causes, per day, Oct 15, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026. Each column opens its items.

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Items per day, by direction
Day	Advancing	Neutral	All
Oct 28	1	1	2
Oct 27	0	0	0
Oct 26	0	1	1
Oct 25	0	0	0
Oct 24	0	0	0
Oct 23	0	1	1
Oct 22	0	0	0
Oct 21	0	1	1
Oct 20	0	0	0
Oct 19	0	0	0
Oct 18	0	0	0
Oct 17	0	0	0
Oct 16	0	0	0
Oct 15	0	0	0

By cause

Each cause group, busiest first; open one for its causes and their newest items either way. An item about several causes counts once in each.

Political institutions and democratic restructuring
5 items
Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 4
1 cause with items
- Elections 2026
  5
  Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 4
  Newest advancing
  - 2026-0039: Ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing the budget Legistar: 15 city and county councils (pittsburgh.legistar.com) · Oct 28, 2026 · Pittsburgh, PA

Newest advancing

2026-0039: Ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing the budget Legistar: 15 city and county councils (pittsburgh.legistar.com) · Oct 28, 2026 · Pittsburgh, PA

Newest working against

None in this period.

Where

In the United States, a state counts its own items and local items in it. Colour the map by activity or balance.

Items per U.S. state, last 14 days. Select a state to open its items.

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U.S. states

State	Adv.	Against	Neutral	All
Pennsylvania	1	0	4	5

Federal (Congress, the courts, agencies)

Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0 · 0 in all

Around the world

No international items in this period.

Cities and counties

Pittsburgh, PAAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Westmoreland County, PAAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1

By level

FederalAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
StateAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 3
LocalAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 1
InternationalAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0

By kind of item

Meetings and hearingsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Protests, rallies and marchesAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Legal newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Company newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
General newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
Bills and lawsAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 3
Other events and actionsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0

Bills moving

1 bill on these causes had an action dated Oct 15, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026 (of 540 bills tracked).

In committee 1

PA SB 599: An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in county boards of elections, further providing for expenses of county boards and of primaries and elections to be paid by county, expenses of special elections and boards to be provided with offices; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for date of application for absenteeIn committee · Oct 20, 2026 · PA · official page

Coming up

30 events on these causes in the next 30 days: rallies, marches, town halls and meetings. All events.

Lancaster County Party At The Polls!Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT · Lancaster, PA · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
We Are CASA Hands Off PA - Poll Guardian Training / Capacitación para guardianes de las urnasThu, Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT · Online (Pennsylvania organisers) · Trainings and teach-ins · Mobilize
Equitable Poll Access Audit TrainingThu, Oct 29, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT · Online (Pennsylvania organisers) · Trainings and teach-ins · Mobilize
PA-08 Drag Me to the PollsFri, Oct 30, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT · Scranton, PA · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
Promote the Vote In Halloween CostumesSat, Oct 31, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT · Pottstown, PA · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
Visibility before VictorySat, Oct 31, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT · Springfield, PA · Community and group meetings · Women's March

What members are posting

Posts have no level or place, so they aren't counted when one is chosen.

About these numbers

Every morning CSWH's update reads public news, bills and events and judges each one: which causes it is about, whether it advances a cause or works against it, or is a neutral report, and where it happens. The newest 14 days are in Your feed; a daily record keeps every day's items for 400 days so trends can be followed (it holds 22 days, from Oct 10, 2026).
Each number is a count of items and opens exactly those items, each with a link to its source. Days with no data are hatched, not counted as zero.
"Advances" and "works against" are judged per item against each cause it is about, by an AI model that is asked to stay neutral and to cite; the source is always one click away to check.
Members' posts are those shared with everyone, counted by their topic hashtags; posts have no direction or place.
Map: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Cartographic Boundary File, States, 1:20,000,000 (public domain), drawn here; no map service is contacted.