FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Temple Health is using tax-exempt university resources to operate a get-out-the-vote effort in a predominantly Democratic area.
The university health system, affiliated with Temple University in Philadelphia, is operating a voter-registration drive and get-out-the-vote effort in North Philadelphia, which is predominantly liberal and votes overwhelmingly Democratic, according to internal documents obtained by Do No Harm and shared with The Daily Signal. Do No Harm is a Glen Allen, Va.-based nonprofit medical policy advocacy group focused on depoliticizing the health care system.
The Philadelphia voter-registration effort is controversial, inasmuch as Pennsylvania may be the most hotly contested swing state in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
Do No Harm obtained a video of Temple’s volunteer training and the volunteer application form,…