"Perelman makes no secret of the fact that her group and Seventy ultimately want the commissioners gone altogether. The two groups are part of the Better Philadelphia Elections Coalition, which aims to clean up city elections, starting with the beleaguered row office."

“In no other county in the US does their system look like ours, with three full-time elected officials designated with overseeing elections,” she said, noting a “litany of issues” with the body, including the chronically absent, non-voting Commissioner Anthony Clark.

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