The New Pennsylvania Project works to register voters regardless of party, with a focus on people of color and young people.

[1] In addition to voter engagement, the organization also has a major focus on voting rights.

[2] The organization applauded the switch to automatic voter registration in 2023 in Pennsylvania,[3] and expressed concern that efforts to make voting more difficult endangers American democracy.

[7] In December 2024, Delaware County's district attorney, Jack Stollsteimer, announced that a paid staffer for the New Pennsylvania Project used an app to register 324 people for the 2024 election, of which 129 were not successful.

The staffer, Jennifer Hill, was arrested on felony forgery, public records tampering, and voter registration-related charges for fraudulently registering dead people, including her own father.